Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Miami Valley York Rite College meeting

Tonight was our stated meeting and annual elections and I was very humbled to once again get reelected and moved one spot closer to the top. Just to be a member of the York Rite college you have to belong to all the York Rite and be chosen to be a member. Most of the 175+ members have presided over multiple organizations, been Deputies and/or Grand Officers. With this in mind and the fact that almost every member is qualified to preside, often times you will wait years to even get an opportunity to start in the line. Given the age this makes many of the officers, it is often getting more difficult for them to learn as they progress to the top of the line what they might have easily learned even when they started in the 9 year line. During our elections tonight we had something happen that made me proud to be a Mason and showed the true meaning of helping out someone. Without going into details, what happened reminded me why we are Masons and although we sometimes might have our differences, when a brother is really in need someone will step forth to help him out. So I would say to any officer and especially presiding officers, it often gets fairly hectic when you are in line and often we get so wrapped up in trying to do a good job that we forget the true reason we are doing what we do.... to help out others. It also reminds me of the importance of the lines of a country song which came on the radio during my trip home .... to always be humble and kind.

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