"To live without Honor would be to die without Grace."

This is a line from a poem I wrote a very long time ago.  Many years have past since that time, yet I still find a priority truth in this line.   I use it as the first of several quotes (the rest from other authors) as my signature on my personal email.

I think that there is a certain division among the main elements of humanity, at very least in this country that can be determined using this quote and kindred concepts.  Be it religious, political, ethical or other ideological separation, this quote can make the distinction, in a certain sense anyway.

What if we were to look at this quote as an expression between means and ends in the course of life? Do "ends" justify "means"?  Or does the goal become diminished if tactics or "means" are used that are in direct opposition to that goal or "end"?  Is there any point in having lived life one way, only to make a big change at the last minute to get a different outcome?  Is there any point in a "reward" if the game of life was not played by the rules you agreed to?

I know...a lot of questions.  Ultimately, I think the quote makes the argument in addition to the distinctions which can be described or inferred, all within itself.  It is a thought to live by; the life and the end of life are part of the same, that all things are both the "means" and the "ends", that to ignore your deepest beliefs, to ignore the standards you have set, to disbelief that which you profess in life or in the end times of life, is to have lived a life, or won a death without meaning.

There are those who believe that the ends justify any means necessary.  I lump them in with the same people that believe in the moments before death, you can get a free pass for the things lived in life.

All the moments of our journey through this live are intertwined, and we are accountable for all, good and bad, even if only to ourselves.

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