Can we regain our Humanity??
The state of our country and the world around us has me thinking much as of late. I am troubled that in our race for cutting edge technology, making more money, having the latest and greatest has us caring less for our neighbors, friends and family while forgetting about Humanity.
I lay in my bed at night trying to forge my way into slumber, thinking philosophically about my credo Love. Honor and Respect. As I should be drifting slowly in to a dream-like state, my mind tends to be at its most active and clear. In the past three years I have written a great deal about Love, Honor and Respect, substantiating how they need to be an integral part of our daily lives.
It is difficult for the average person to think about life on a greater scale with some regularity. More appropriate to the individual is maybe a once a month nostalgic view of humanity without discovering their own affects on its obliteration. But to wax philosophically on a daily basis would mean taking far too much time away from other activities like reality television or the latest fashion trends or maybe even that gadget promising to give more personal time if only you owned it. While I am no miscreant to Jack Bower’s trisks at saving the
It is my foray into the philosophical dilemmas of our time that had me write many of my bloggs, such as Unconditional Love. The very same temptress had me searching my heart for the real meaning of the word Honor last night instead of finding a vast slumber.
It bothered me so much that while I felt I had a good understanding to my perplexing inner debate, I was unable to extol the virtues of the word Honor as clearly as Webster might. The dictionary says that honor is 1. personal integrity, 2. respect and 3. dignity or distinction; however, lets see if you can agree with my retort: Something that comes from the depths of my soul and speak of me as a human being and not merely a man. That which I choose to give to those who earn it and yet I will protect at all cost, keeping it safe from those who care less of its true meaning. It speaks of my virtues, my strengths and exalts from deep within. It manifests who I am and the directions yet veered towards. It is my heart, my shield, my sword and my fig branch all in one.
Today we trip around the word Honor as if it is a physical being that once shared our lives together, yet no longer has time to entertain. We are far too swift with out bellows of dishonor, yet we have no true grasp of what honor really is. Explain to me how one can claim honor has been stripped from them when they are oblivious to its true connotations? I feel we desperately need to move back in time when a person could find Honor within themselves as they easily recognized it within their friends, family and fellow beings.
Remember my challenge to Love, Honor and Respect all people around you. Love every individual we encounter unconditionally while honoring them for the similarities we must search to recognize and by respecting that person for the differences easily accounted for. Holding steadfast, that Hate has no place in today’s society while rejoicing when another person finds Love, Honor and Respect within themselves. Acknowledging the existence of it within each of us makes it easier to recognize the same within all other people. That is when, we will truly find peace within our hearts and humanity will thieve instead of wither.
Todd M. Dobson
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