The Code of Virtue

In our daily life, we often get ourselves in a situation that when we do something we will feel bad for it but eventually we did it. We feel guilty and ashamed for everything we do that time but alas, nothing we can do for now. It recall some very good advice from "The Last Samurai" movies. It tell us about some kind situation that similar to his one. The story roll out in around of Nathan Algren, an American military tactician that help Meiji government rule out some resistance from some old Shogun families. He feel ashamed of his deed in his last war because he betrayed his enemies and for that reason he often having a nightmares about it.

In the first time, he feel the meaning of becoming a true warrior, a Samurai. He learns the virtue of becoming one and he found the answer and the cure for is nightmares, a reason to fight and atonement for his betrayal. Is he become a hypocrite ? In a real life there is always a two side in a one piece, like a coin. When we become a hero in one side, we will not always become a hero too for the other side. Then how do we know that we are on the right track ?

Well, this is quite troublesome question, because there will be a lot of answers for this question. The answer is we need a code to embrace in our life, a code of virtue that we will always considered when we do something. The next question is "what kind code we should have?" The answer is quite simple too, any code will do fine as long as we concern with the risks of our choices, like Nathan Algren in the movies, he found all answers he always asked to himself as a warrior, a reason to fight and finally he found a suitable code of virtue for himself, as a Samurai.