Whatever Happened To Honor?

  Someone has said, you can find out if a person has honor or not,  by one basic test. Ask yourself this question. If, you had the opportunity,  to to something wrong, and you would benefit from doing something wrong, and you could get completely a way with it, and no body would ever know would you do it? If you would, I would have to conclude, you have a serious lack of honer. I would submit to you, that a person with honor, does the right thing just because it is right not, just because,  there is always a chance you could be caught.
  I heard of a survey recently, where  five thousand high school and college students,  were asked if they had ever cheated on a test in an attempt to get a better grade. Seventy percent admitted,  they had cheated at least once. Does this really surprise you? Sadly, it doesn't surprise me. Just a few weeks ago, four star General William Shelton, was pressured to lie to the United States  Congress in order to protect a large Democratic donor. Even now, Republicans, are asking,  for a federal invesigation of the United States Attorney General Eric Holder,  because the Republicans believe,  he is possibly, guilty of purgury because he knew about the fast and furious guns program much sooner,  then he said he did.
  It would seem, parents today,  are facing, an up hill battle as they try to teach their childen to have honor, and tell the truth. It would seem, that we have reached a point in America where we now expect, our political leaders in government  to lie to us,  and in many cases, we seem almost willing,  to accept this. Sometimes I think, that they only honor our children may know about, is when they either watch a court proceeding,  or appear in court,  themselves and have to say,  yes your honor, no your honor, to a judge! I guess, each one of us, will have to decide, how much,  our personal honor is worth. It is my hope,  that the importance,  of having personal honor,  will one day, make a come back,  in America. As always, my friends, these thoughts remain, just, some honest words, to think on.