Honour

What is honour? The word and meaning that has permeated into every ancient society, culture and civilisation in the world. What has happened to it? Honour is beyond that of respect, distinction, esteem, prestige and privilege. It is a set of values within a person, it is treating something with great importance and value. How often do we see this in today's society where values and character are treated with disdain with the typical "his so old fasion" attitude. We should ask the question, is life about breaking all the rules? Is it about shedding our morality, our set values and good character in exchange for an exciting life? Definately an "exciting life" is debatable by individuals and perhaps breaking the law is one form of excitment for a person.

What do you gain in exchange for discarding one's value and character? If its anything to brag about, it would only be something in the short term. Honestly, there is nothing more foolish for a person to trade something so valuable (a good set of values) in exchange for something short term.

I think of the days when people used to say something, mean it and keep it. Definately not everyone in the past did it but according to the impressions i have from speaking to the elderly and the books about olden society, it has certainly taught me that life in the past was way more respectable than today's.

A man's word was all it took in the past (though evidence did show that there were still contracts involved in certain areas but an insignificant percentage in comparison to today's). If i were to say i promise you a chair, it would certainly be done. No contracts, no reciepts, nothing at all.

I wish for a day when everyone could be totally honest. Where at one time honour was so highly regarded, it is now no longer looked upon as something so inspirational. But we live in an era where all cultures and society are no longer limited by a geographical boundary. Indeed, the world is evolving too fast, we are so different from previous generations. Where values of the olden society is no longer treasured. It is a sad thing honestly but i believe that there will be a day when values from the past will once again flourish and i look forward to that day and era...