A
man of
principle will
do everything to protect, defend and promote his principles. A
man of principles
lives or dies for those principles. They are not negotiable.
Moreover, a man will not compromise those core
principles
or
ways of man.
Usually a man has five essential principles that he cherishes. Those
principles are classified by order of authority. The first two
principles are untouchable or holy. Truly, when anyone violates any
of the first two principles, that person can expect a retaliation. A
man of
principle finds
it really difficult to forgive if another infringes his five core
ways
of man or principles.
A man can even kill (not always though) for those principles.
In
effect, the higher rating principles are the foundations of one's
life.
Sometimes,
men die just because those principles has been gravely
compromised.
For
example a man whose number one core principle is freedom of
speech
may become ill, suffer losses or even die in circumstances where laws
or other things have severely compromised his freedom of speech. The
same thing could happen when that person realizes that there are more
threats to his first highest
principle.
There
is a moving story that emphasizes why human beings live
by
principles.
Years
ago, there was a couple who has only one son. They love him dearly.
They did everything to make him happy and proud. One day that son
died. Few weeks later after they buried him, the couple committed
suicide. That story illustrates how men do not see any more reasons
why they should live after their number one
man's
principle
is violated. That couple only live for their son. Nothing else
matters more than that. Their number one
principle is not negotiable.
They lived
for him and wanted him to be well and enjoy life. For those
reasons
they only live for
their only son.
Warning
One
should not do the same thing like that couple. The story is to
demonstrate that men only live by principles.
In
other words, the foundations of one's life are one's core principles
that one holds dear.
Another
example would be a man who survived cancer after strengthening his
core principles. Indeed, men
could swiftly recover from certain sicknesses if they
emphasize or amplify
one of their
first two core principles. One can also compare those principles to
the sources of life units. A man whose first core principle is
fairness usually surrounds himself with people with
the same belief. On the other hand, he will avoid those who are
negating
it. He also could become a very patriotic citizen if his country
promotes one of his core principles.
The
same person will resist or become a rebel if he comes across any form
of unfairness. Others may argue and say to him that they do not care
about fairness, but that will not discourage him at all.
His
whole being is hooked onto those principles.
There
is another group of people whose first core principle is the
integrity.
Those
people wear their
integrity like a garment of honor. Those
men and
women will not fear anything that tries to bring into question their
integrity. They will
promptly confront or challenge anyone or
anything that tries to undervalue their
integrity.
Finding
Out More About
The
Core Principles
Knowing
Your First Five Core Principles or
man's ways?
To
understand one's core principles, one
must begin to ask the following questions.
Name
your first two principles in life in order of the highest
importance?
Which
principles would you not allow another or others to compromise in
life?
Name
two
men of principles
who live by their
ways of life.
What
is the difference between a principle and
belief?
What
is the meaning of living by principles?
Define
a principle.
What
are the three principles in a man's life by Martin Buber?
Who
is Martin Buber?
Who
are you?
How
would you amplify your core principles?
Name
two principles you would
rather
not promote because it is detrimental to others.
What
is your number one core principle that you live for?
Note
that those principles are not always ethical, but one will be better
off having a highly
ethical
core principles. Sometimes, people do live for wrong principles that
are detrimental to others.
For
example, Adolf
Hitler
was living by the principle that a pure German
race is superior to all other races.
With
that principle, he caused so much harm to others especially the
Jews.
A
another example is the group of white supremacist