RE: Daily Discussion No. 11: What Does it Mean to be an "Honorable" Person?
An honorable person is honest and would never think of doing something that could possibly be considered deceptive.
For example..... they would never attempt to overcharge someone on a bill and then hide the fact that the bill wasn't as high as they said that it was.
If they saw someone drop a $20 bill they would pick it up and give it back to that person. They wouldn't stand on the bill so that no one could see it so that they could steal the bill for themselves.
They wouldn't try to trick a guest at a restaurant into paying for something that they don't want.
They wouldn't try to charge a customer more for a computer than the computer was really worth.
They wouldn't attempt to sell someone a service plan for 3 years when the the item in question already contains a perfectly good 3 year warranty.
There are a log of factors that are involved with being honorable. However, I think honesty is one of the very most important things.
I like these definitions you have offered here. Honesty, above all, seems very important... essentially, we want to conduct ourselves in such a way that people can take us "at face value" when we are in the world. At least that is what I strive for, on a personal level. If I say something "applies to me" then I will stand by that applying to me.
Honesty and integrity both rank very highly in my book-- along with an inherent sense of "do no harm."
I also consider most people I'd think of as being honorable to be positive thinkers... in any given situation, they seem more oriented towards what is going to go right and who is going to do the appropriate thing, rather than what is going to go wrong.
That is definitely true as well. The power of positive thinking can definitely take you places.