THE NATURE AND WAY OF FREEMASONRY

Every man has his own challenges in life. What drives a good man? Like the challenges, answers come from the unique history and situation of the commentator. Learning not to accept less than our best, less than the best that Freemasonry has to offer is fraught. Control of emotion. Embracing humility, striving for a level of charity in which the recipient never knows the source- it's all so confusing especially in the clamour of a world in which to feel special is to enter a competitive use of the new, old tools of social media.  While the crowd surges forward,straining the imagination, discoveries have been on-going. While the future contains all the potential of Freemasonry.   Along the way be make some surprising and some disconcerning discoveries that test our reasoning.  Tempted as we are by the quick fix, so many solutions offered; they lead us as they always have done, into a state of disappointment, always searching. Accumulate knowledge, then add imagination and you have the formulae knowing they are little without application. They exist not in a glibe comment, but in the inspired behaviour of the individual. So when we think of freemasonry, embrace the authenticity and genuousness. The rest, doesn't matter.  Learn the ritual and ceremony- protocol and spirit of the occasion. Our responsibility is passage- extending to the next generation the wisdom and dignity of days that go make to a time-out-of-mind.