Well, the short answer is I have had a lot of my time taken up with something new I have ventured into.
This is the first public pronouncement of this, though many of my very close friends know.
I have become a Master Mason.
I am a proud member of Constitution Lodge #426, New Marshfield Ohio.
It was hard work and I feel I earned every bit of it. There is no free-ride, that is for sure!
I think this is one of the smarter decisions I have made as it has made me take a hard and direct look at not only myself and my beliefs but also in how I treat others around me. My circle of friends has grown rapidly. I have never met a group so concerned that they may offend a member or make them feel uncomfortable. As I interact with my brother Pete, we have become even closer as Brothers. He is a good man and a good Mason. What better praise can I give him? I can now say without hesitation that all I thought I knew about masons and freemasonry was wrong. It is rare I am happy about being wrong about something.
If you want to know more, just ask. I will share what I am able as far as I know. I have started down a long path of learning that I hope I can grow from and become a better man, not just for myself but for Judi, my family and my community.
Till next time,
Be mindful and awake
Congrats on becoming a Mason. If it wasn't for my stubborn lack of faith, I would probably have been part of the organization years ago. I think that you will be a benefit to the Lodge and that they will definitely help you out where they can.
ReplyDeleteLet the Conspiracy theories begin.
Well, of course, this is just the sort of blinkered philistine pig-ignorance I've come to expect from you non-creative garbage.
ReplyDeleteYou sit there on your loathsome spotty behinds squeezing blackheads, not caring a tinker's cuss for the struggling artist.
You EXCREMENT!
You whining hypocritical toadies with your colour TV sets and your Tony Jacklin golf clubs and your bleeding masonic secret handshakes.
You wouldn't let ME join, would you, you blackballing bastards. Well I wouldn't become a Freemason now if you went down on your lousy stinking knees and BEGGED ME!
...But if any of you could put in a word for me I'd love to be a mason. Masonry opens doors. I'd be very quiet, I was a bit on edge just now but if I were a mason I'd sit at the back and not get in anyone's way...
I've got a second-hand apron...
;-)
Congrats, Bry!
I know you were working hard toward that. Glad to hear you made it...
All the best,
-D