ON THE ARTISTRY OF BECOMING

Many if not all of the great minds in history, were devout.  Me, being of a simple man, began not as sure of myself as I am today, but intelligent enough to think that if the great minds were believers there was something to it.  Eversince I've been trying to understand what that something is.  For some, we notice the rewards of being conventional. Some more energetic and authoritarian might push back. Some tell themselves it is best to work within the machinery to achieve change.  This accomodation is very suitable for most, but it breds discord.   If we notice the value harmony, we elevate away,  toward challenge and measured risk. We distinguish a logic that approximates our thinking at that moment. We drive forward with a sense of character that accomodates the priniciples of a good life. It is a stage that elevates.  Whether it is your path to completion is another personnal matter.  FM is a source designed for those of us who see potential before we see the product. Along the way, we find among the casualities those unsuited for the work required. Choosing to identify with a FM lifestyle brings with it certain ideals and responsibilities that we can embrace or avoid but never deny.  Who then knows the heart of a mason? He who struggles as part of his pilgrimage or those who carry on with regard to life in the margins, events in their peripheral vision. Life lessions continue. Being wreckless is a risk. Some risks are worth accepting.  Selfishness is not a singleminded drive, it is hubris. Your nature as a FM is how history judges a life. We know if we learned from our mistakes or whether we pretend they never happened. We know the tipping point between illusion and life. And as I look deeper into the rabbit hole with you, I notice FM hands us valueable questions for us to answer. It might make a mason but he alone becomes who he is.