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I found the following story that follows on the net. I am not trying to promote any religion by posting it here. Nevertheless, I believe no religion teaches any thing bad. We have to learn the good in every kind of philosophy to live life of contentment.

Living a life of contentment many people think is to achieve great feats. I feel it should be more like, stop doing things that are not honorable. Often we are blind to see the bad in our daily life because we tend think only of ourselves and care less about the environment we need to interact daily.

Living an honorable life can be easy for all who try.

Rajpriya
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Jim Davis
A wealthy widower deeded all his property to his only son and daughter-in-law on the condition that he would be allowed to live in the country with them for the rest of his life. After a few years, when the inheritance had been spent, the daughter- in-law got tired of having the elderly gentleman around and told her husband he would have to leave.

The son agreed and broke the news to his father. A short time later he and the feeble old man walked down the dusty road to a state- supported home for senior citizens. Being very unsteady on his feet, the father finally asked if he could rest for a few moments on a sawed-off stump to regain his strength for the last mile of the journey. As he sat there, he suddenly put his head in his hands and began to sob. The son, pricked in his conscience, tried to make excuses.

Finally, the father controlled himself enough to say, "I'm not crying so much because I'm going to this lonely home for the poor and unfortunate. I'm weeping because of my own sins. Forty years ago I walked down this road with my father and brought him to the very same place. I am now seeing the results of the evil deeds I have sown!"

Honor Must Be Earned

A position of authority does not insure that those who occupy the position are honorable. Too often, a position of authority is confused with honor. We may think that a position of authority demands respect for the one in authority. One may respect the position of authority, but have no reason to respect those in authority. We all have had bosses we obeyed out of respect for their authority, but we didn't necessarily honor them.
Honor is not something we demand; it is earned. Parents may be able to demand obedience, but you cannot demand that someone honor you. Children may honor a parent’s position of authority, but have no reason to honor the parent. We need to be the kind of parents who encourage obedience through being honorable. It is difficult to call upon our children to honor us when we are not honorable.
The problems we are facing in our society today are the result of a decline of moral decency. This decline began in the home. If parents expect children to have high moral values, they must have high moral values.
Honor is earned as parents show concern when their children have problems. Honor is earned when we deal with our children’s problems honorably. Dealing with our children’s problems without embittering them toward us, or the church makes us honorable.
Honored is earned as those in authority accept responsibility for those they have authority over. The only way true spiritual leaders can accept responsibility for those they lead is by submitting themselves to the needs of those in submission to them.
The biggest problem with authority in the church and in the home is that those in authority do not hold themselves responsible to those they have authority over. You give certain people a little authority and they become gods and popes. They start making their own rules as they disregard the laws of God. They somehow think of themselves as infallible.

Qualifying for spiritual leadership in the church begins in the home.

A Life of Honor