Random Building Thoughts - 2023-02-02

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Masons Accept No Substitute
For The Real Thing!

(but Freemasons do,
at first!)

 

  -------------- MASONIC EDUCATION -------------- 

 

 

  -------------- STOP WAITING --------------

 

 Yup. Stop waiting,
be the mentor you always wanted.

For Further Thought:
TESTING

 

-------------- HUMOR --------------

 

 

What comes to my mind
the moment someone wishes me
a "Happy Ground Hog Day!"

 

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Aye! Ye ship's mascot Phil -- our groundhog -- poked it's muzzle out ye mid deck's porthole this early morn just as ye sun peeked over ye horizon. Unfortunately, arrr ship's cook was zealously shoving some well-spent cooking grease out ye porthole one deck above. 

 

Upon being hit by ye more-than-tempid fluid fry remains, arr ship's mascot meandered his way blindly to ye ship's grog storage to help "kill ye undue pain", guided only by scent and a well-earned seaman's thirst. After a long morning of suitable anesthetic style deliberation, he was found by ye crew to be in no condition to see anything, much less any possible shadow cast by Apollo. 

 

Needless to say, ye crew be a bit reluctant to give ye mascot a pass for his maudlin actions this most important of days. 

 

But ye weekend be do to be well-entrenched and from our crow's nest view ye brew shall be flowing fast at our harbor stay this week's en. Slap that groundhog back into ye deep hold me maties, our wenches be soon wanting and ye grog be at hand! YAAARRRRR!!!!!!

 

 

 -------------- AUTHENTICITY -------------- 

 

 

Authenticity Demands
You Pave Your Own Path!
(and "NO",
you don't have to
reinvent the wheel!)

 

 -------------- NEWBIES -------------- 

 

 

Like first time bike-riders,
new members undertake all sorts of paths
to develop their Masonic Balance and Skillset.
Far too many newbies crash unnecessarily
due to poorly founded support,
improperly enacted controls
and incredibly immature directions,
all the direct result of not recognizing,
not understanding,
and not doing what Ritual points them toward.

For Further Light:
http://www.coach.net/TCP.htm

 

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  So, where do you "operate" most of your time?
(Hat tip to Brother Gene Ballinger!)

 

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An old man meets a young man who asks:

 

“Do you remember me?”

 

And the old man says no. Then the young man tells him he was his student, And the teacher asks:

 

“What do you do, what do you do in life?”

 

The young man answers:

 

“Well, I became a teacher.”

 

“ah, how good, like me?” Asks the old man.

 

“Well, yes. In fact, I became a teacher because you inspired me to be like you.”

 

The old man, curious, asks the young man at what time he decided to become a teacher. And the young man tells him the following story:

 

“One day, a friend of mine, also a student, came in with a nice new watch, and I decided I wanted it and I stole it, I took it out of his pocket.

 

Shortly after, my friend noticed the flight and immediately complained to our teacher, who was you. 

 

Then you went to the class:

 

‘This student's watch was stolen during classes today. Whoever stole it, please return it.’

 

I didn't give it back because I didn't want to. Then you closed the door and told us all to get up and you were going to search our pockets one by one until the watch was found. But you told us to close our eyes, because you would only look for his watch if we all had our eyes closed.

 

So we did, and you went from pocket to pocket, and when you went through my pocket, you found the watch and took it. You kept searching everyone's pockets, and when you were done you said

‘open your eyes. We have the watch.’

 

You didn't tell me and you never mentioned the episode. You never said who stole the watch either. 

 

That day you saved my dignity forever. It was the most shameful day of my life.

 

But this is also the day my dignity was saved and I decided not to become a thief, a bad person, etc. 

 

You never said anything, nor even scold me or took me aside to give me a moral lesson, I received your message clearly.

 

And thanks to you, I understood what a real educator needs to do. Do you remember this episode, professor?

 

And the professor answers:

 

‘I remember the situation, the stolen watch, which I was looking for in everyone’s pocket, but I didn't remember you, because I also closed my eyes while looking.’

 

This is the essence of teaching:

 

If to correct you must humiliate; you don't know how to teach "

 

(Hat tip to Bro. Joe Becigneul!)

 

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For Further Light: 

The Craft Unmasked! The Uncommon
Origin of Freemasonry and its Practice

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 Be Well and Travel Light!

-- Coach Nagy ;-)

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