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PennsyMason 
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 Topic: Returning to masonry... but in another lodge.Posted: October/23/2014 at 11:55am |
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OOPS! DELETED - Forum admin please remove.
Edited by PennsyMason - October/23/2014 at 3:20pm |
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NobleShabba
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Posted: October/23/2014 at 6:12pm |
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so... change of heart?
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PennsyMason
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 7:28am |
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About posting certain things, yes.
Sometimes a man needs to see his thoughts in print in order to reassure himself that his reasoning was correct. Sometimes a man sees his thoughts in print and says "Oh, snap! I shouldn't have put that in print!" |
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 8:37am |
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well ... that's what happens when you've already burned your bridges ......
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"He who would assume to govern others must first learn to govern himself."
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PennsyMason
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 11:07am |
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Edited by PennsyMason - October/24/2014 at 11:28am |
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I would say no, you should not have pretended things were OK just to get a Past Master's jewel. I was in a similar situation. I stopped going to lodge, but I missed Masonry, so after six years I found another one. It is further to travel but I am very happy there. To be sure, they have their issues too; they all do.
When I left my original lodge I was torn over issues like loyalty, but life is too short. What good is it coming home after every meeting feeling awful like you and I did? In my original lodge the whole culture changed; I just wasn't a good fit. For the most part they weren't bad men, they just had different outlooks and aspirations. I wasn't doing anything for them and they weren't doing anything for me. I feel good almost every time I come home from lodge now and I am making much more contributions to Masonry than if I hadn't changed. Win-win for me and Masonry as far as I'm concerned. Some people in my old lodge might not agree with that, but one reaches a point where they must fish or cut the bait.
In the final analysis a Mason won't be judged merely by the number of awards and jewels he received. The Grand Architect judges a building by its foundation and structure, not its facade, IMHO. Edited by droche - October/24/2014 at 12:40pm |
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 5:42pm |
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"It is humanity that creates god, and men think that god has made them in his image, because they make him in theirs."
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 5:46pm |
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"It is humanity that creates god, and men think that god has made them in his image, because they make him in theirs."
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 7:46pm |
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Hummm ... if you stayed on top of things you would already know what PennyMason deleted in the opening post. |
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"He who would assume to govern others must first learn to govern himself."
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 8:52pm |
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I check the forum on my phone at least three times a day... oh well, guess I missed it.
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"It is humanity that creates god, and men think that god has made them in his image, because they make him in theirs."
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Posted: October/25/2014 at 8:58pm |
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I saw this post at work and was reminding myself to revisit over the weekend when I could sit down and read it
Guess I was late to the Bar Mitzvah
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