A Brother's Trust is Paramount!

 
FILED UNDER: How to Erode a Brother's Trust
 

I just received four more annoying Face Book private messages just today.  They were heart tugging private messenger texts.  They were shared by "Brothers" encouraging me to pass them along.  It was obvious that they were fabricated to be passed along by the unsuspecting. 

With a little effort I discovered that not one of them was fact checked and they were all patently FALSE.

Yes.  You heard me.  Brothers did this.

Here is a stern and blatant WARNING that all Brothers should heed!  When you want anyone as your trusting Brother to continue to trust you, don't encourage them to forward or share anything that you have sent to them that you have not personally fact checked yourself.  Do this and they shall not put any faith in future sharings from you if you have been found to be a sharer of false information. Your further sharings will not to be trusted into the future or taken seriously.

Furthermore, you will eventually be blocked; especially when you show all outward signs that you don't appreciated hearing that:

• your lack of due diligence erodes their trust
• your bad attitude toward their pointing this out annoys you
• your words show disrespect toward their pointing out your irresponsible behavior
• your insistence that you didn't do any harm
• your not offering a deserved apology for not doing your job as a Brother and making them do it for you

Here’s the truth:

1. When you pass along things that are hoaxes, you propagate lies and you waste time and erode trust.
2. When you don't push back and tell your Brothers in what they are involved, you contribute to the lie and waste of time.
3. When you don't want to get blocked, on face book and in life, do your DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE you pass something along to assure that is NOT a hoax. 
4. When you want a Brother's trust back, clean up your mess!  Own up to what you did , notify everyone you've mislead and push back upon those who mislead you and pushed such nonsense your way. 
5. When you take your sharing Brothers to task in doing the same you help curtail mistrust.  

The only way this irresponsible behavior is going to be reduced is when Brothers push back upon those who are irresponsibly wearing their titles.

Here are a few things to think about, with Masonic allusions in tow:

1. When your word cannot be trusted, what good is your tongue?
2. When your heart is misplaced, who has removed it from your chest?
3. When you're torn between owning up to what you did and running from your responsibilities, who has severed you in twain?

F&S,
 
Coach John S. Nagy