Honesty & Dignity-Sportman's honour
HONESTY AND DIGNITY ARE THE HALLMARK FOR A SPORTS PERSON
It has been rightly said 'Honesty is the Best Policy”. Aristotle once said “Dignity does not consist in possessing honours but in deserving them.” In the words of Tom Cochrane, a famous Canadian Musician “Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That’s really where failure comes”.
We should remember that Dignity is not negotiable. Cicero, a Roman writer, speaker, philosopher and politician once questioned ‘Where is there dignity unless there is honesty? Along our path of personal growth, nothing is more precious and productive than honesty. There may have been times when we may have taken a perverse pleasure in leading a double life. But we ultimately end up deceiving and hurting ourselves above all. Both Dignity and Honesty allows us to reclaim our integrity and honour. As a result, we begin to feel worthy of love and affection, as we learn to give affection and love to others, too.
The terms Honest and Dignity are inseparable and are dependent on each other. Only if we can be honest can we move toward the truth of our Self and regain our dignity. To be Honesty is never going to be easy; especially when we are surrounded by an ambience pre-dominated by competition of the highest degree and sadly influenced by corruption and exploitation. We hear of sad instances of several sportspersons being stripped of their medals and honour; having failed the dope tests.
Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors. All this is possible with Honesty and Dignity. But a sore loser refers to one who does not take defeat well, whereas a good sport means being a "good winner" as well as being a "good loser".
Sportsmanship can be conceptualized as an enduring and relatively stable
It has been rightly said 'Honesty is the Best Policy”. Aristotle once said “Dignity does not consist in possessing honours but in deserving them.” In the words of Tom Cochrane, a famous Canadian Musician “Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That’s really where failure comes”.
We should remember that Dignity is not negotiable. Cicero, a Roman writer, speaker, philosopher and politician once questioned ‘Where is there dignity unless there is honesty? Along our path of personal growth, nothing is more precious and productive than honesty. There may have been times when we may have taken a perverse pleasure in leading a double life. But we ultimately end up deceiving and hurting ourselves above all. Both Dignity and Honesty allows us to reclaim our integrity and honour. As a result, we begin to feel worthy of love and affection, as we learn to give affection and love to others, too.
The terms Honest and Dignity are inseparable and are dependent on each other. Only if we can be honest can we move toward the truth of our Self and regain our dignity. To be Honesty is never going to be easy; especially when we are surrounded by an ambience pre-dominated by competition of the highest degree and sadly influenced by corruption and exploitation. We hear of sad instances of several sportspersons being stripped of their medals and honour; having failed the dope tests.
Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors. All this is possible with Honesty and Dignity. But a sore loser refers to one who does not take defeat well, whereas a good sport means being a "good winner" as well as being a "good loser".
Sportsmanship can be conceptualized as an enduring and relatively stable