A Letter from the Founder

Why Guardians of Honor Exists

This letter explains the concern, purpose, and call behind Guardians of Honor.

Greetings,

Some of you have taken part in the skill sharing group and have heard a bit of my desire to grow it. While I am still greatly interested in the skill sharing mentality, I find a major cultural and social decline that I cannot ignore. My thoughts have been plagued with the political, social and cultural strife in the United States. I became disgusted in myself that I have done nothing to slow this decline, let alone reversing it. With this in mind, I began considering options to strike back and do my part. In short, I found purpose.

I think that a large issue with my generation and that of my father's is that we never discovered our purpose. We never even realized we became men until well into our thirties and have, largely, wasted our opportunities of greatness. We have compromised our integrity, respect, loyalty: our honor.

What does one do when they have lost their honor? As kids, we grow up wanting to be superheroes, knights, samurai, police, Marines, firefighters and everything in between. We want to be the good guys that the bad guys fear. We want to save the damsels. Somewhere along the way we messed up. We didn't live up to our ideals, we lost our way. We made a mistake and didn't know how to recover. One mistake led to another and suddenly we're lost in the world with no purpose. So, what does one do when they have lost their honor?

I have found, and I think I'm not alone, that it's easier to be scornful. It is easier to look at those who are attempting to be wholesome and genuine and mock them. Our fear is that if we buy into an ideal then we are vulnerable to ridicule. I am no longer caring. It is significantly more important to do what's right and honorable than it is to be liked or accepted. It is more courageous to make a stand and live an ideal than it is to pass quietly with no effect on our peers.

So, again, what does one do when they have lost their honor?

I have given it thought, from the time I was young until now, what honor was and how to live it. I thought wondrously about knights and samurai, about police and Marines. I thought of modern-day mentalities, original concepts, and romantic ideals of those past organizations. I have determined that we need to band together as a group. I thought of those groups mentioned, and the Masons, and Moose Lodge, Boy Scouts and every fraternity I could think of.

I have gained my purpose and it's to influence our people, neighbors and fellow citizens. I have created the Guardians of Honor. Though it's nothing now, it will be. It will be centered around restoring our honor. Atoning for past mistakes and overcoming them. Redeeming ourselves in the sense of being upright. I'm not propagating or creating a religion; I am talking about a brotherhood. A group that strengthens each other. We aren't a support group but a knighthood. Overlook your cynicism and sneering attitudes and consider it. When our enemies arise, we will be trained and prepared; we will gather together and face that enemy lawfully, soberly, and with discipline. When crisis, hardship, or disorder touches our communities we will serve where it is right to serve, support our neighbors, and provide calm, useful order in the chaos. We work in the community, give troubled youth an alternative to despair. Give men a purpose and a path. Give ourselves a means to turn the tides against the degradation of society.

If you're in, I welcome you. If you're uninterested, that's okay.

Thanks for your time.

Quinn, Kevin