Honor

Honor has been hijacked and the only way to get it back is to pay the ransom by walking the lonely road of honesty.

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Transcript

Honor

We've all heard “The highway to hell is paved with good intentions.” That prompted this question for me: What happens when our stated intentions fall by the wayside? That’s when your character, or lack of it, will show.

The Grasshopper checked in on character one day and he delivered this: “Honor is a lonely road.”

Just for fun, let’s pretend your intention is to put out a drug/ that combats depression. Sometime after the product launch/ you find that a noticeable percentage of users have committed suicide. If you delay a recall of that drug/ to wait for more evidence, you're guilty of not walking down the lonely road of honor.

This isolated road could use more travelers/ in order for us to trust one another again.

There's a high level of suspicion in every layer of society from our neighbors to our national leaders. The only way it's gonna dissipate/ will be for us to have the courage to walk that lonely path. This may've been what ancient, Chinese sage Lao Tzu meant \when he said, “The longest journey begins with the first step.”

We can always find people of good intentions – they’re everywhere! If we want to join in with these people of character, we have to risk /walking the honorable path of honesty /which currently doesn’t have too many footprints.

The cynicism that permeates our country/ and our world stems from a lack of character – the unwillingness to do the honorable thing, the unwillingness to be truthful, the fear of being an outcast.

People of character/ are not usually saints, but sinners, /who have found out from experience that confession is good for the soul.

Character is not someone saying, “Look, be like me,” but rather “be more like the authentic you.” We've been conditioned to walk the path of convenience /which is a circular path /that keeps us bumping in to the same people and ideas/ that keep us mired /in masking our character.

Be on the lookout for the exit ramp/ and find your way to the path less travelled. It’s the honorable thing to do/ and it builds character.

All the best,

John