With
a full notices comes a busy meeting and our stated meeting this month certainly
lived up to that. It was a long night, both the meeting itself and the
conversations after, but there was a heck of a lot accomplished during the
night. It actually made me wish that I had been in attendance last month as
there is a palpable difference in the way that the meeting flowed from beginning
to end. This year is certainly a welcomed change and I am looking forward to
many of the issues that we faced in the past to completely evaporate.
The
evening was also full of information of which I was previously unaware. I knew
about many of the items discussed but there are always details that are absent
from discussions that happen outside of the meetings. Actually, I am not really
used to this being the case. Many times, I am the one with the details which
usually leads to the dozens of brief conversations before and after the sound
of the gavel.
It
was obvious that there are things that we still need to work on with regard to
the memorization and actual mechanics but there was a huge amount of progress
that was on display for both the other members of the lodge as well as a roster
of guests in attendance. It is a testament to the work and outright effort that
has been put forth by many of the officers between the meetings and I am looking
forward to seeing and experiencing the progression of ritual throughout the
year.
For
the first time in a while, I found myself interested again in learning more
about the lodge and some of the other offices… I can only sit as Secretary for
so long before I want to start progressing through the chairs and I might as
well be prepared for when the time comes because I don’t want to have to cram
in order to move throughout the lodge room. And I also know that my memory is
not my strength so it might take a while to get everything down cold or at
least good enough to pass. But, for now, I have a job to do.
For
a while I was filling in some of the holes in the East and, honestly, it really
tired me out. The last couple of months have remained hectic but in a
completely different way as there have been brethren removing the weight on my
shoulders and bags from my eyes. If anything, the way we have started the year
has served us well as it immediately brought us together to square everything
back to level. There is still work to be done but we are all pulling in the
same direction and we are slowly gaining ground.
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