Thought of the Day

I'm no better than you, even though I've been telling myself that.

I have been living for you, and in spite of you for too long.

I now realize, yes its pathetic, that I've just been punishing them.

I've been calling myself something that I'm not, and degrading you.

I'm definitely not better than you.

Clearly, we are on the level (despite how we feel toward the other).

Thought of the Day

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. ~ Gandhi, Mahatma

I'm a Mason because I derive inner help and comfort from it. I have longed often for a creed to abide by, live by, swear by. I strive each day to live the obligation I swore, as a man.

I treasure growth of knowledge, wisdom, and spiritualism. Yet, I have, sofar, been unable to obtain those instruments.

So I keep in great esteem the wisdom of men much wiser than I am. I seek their companionship, fellowship, and learning from them.

Gandhi is one such those men.


 

Thought of the Day

 Character is quality of a man. To define more astutely, character defines what a man is perceived as, regarded, and taken upright.

A tried and true man will employ the working tools, his character will be square. His mind shall be level. And his heart will be plumb.

Character is a man's essence; exuding his beliefs, values, ethics, and virtues. For man has no greater calling than to be of sound character. A man is to meet on level, act on square, and depart plumb. This is for a man to learn and work.

A man of sound character is a man of solid judgment. He is a fair man, quiet in voice, yet loud in hearing. He gives of himself portions, ever true and equal. He tends empathetically to indigant.

Character is for these reasons, the pillars which support a man's body, mind, and soul.