This
past weekend a few of the brothers from the lodge made their way across the
commonwealth to attend the Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania. While I have attended this meeting the past two years and I was
considering making a day trip to Pittsburgh, I simply did not have the time to
attend. These meeting are always an interesting gathering of brothers from
around the commonwealth and I enjoy reconnecting with many of them whom I have gotten
to know a little during previous meetings. However, the real motivation which
made the decision of whether to attend rather difficult was that, for the
second year in a row, our lodge was being recognized with the Grand Master’s
Award.
There
have undoubtedly been a few obstacles over the past few years and moments when
quite a few of us have questioned whether we could continue but we have always
pulled together and pushed through those barriers. And that is the real reason
why we have been able to achieve such recognition recently. Not only have we
been surrounded with brothers of great tenacity but, more importantly, we have
brothers in the lodge that can clearly see what the end goal is and what we
need to do, or fix, to reach that goal. Thankfully, this seems to be a common
thread among many of the brothers that have joined our lodge over the past few
years as well… a few of which have already become tremendous leaders in our
small part of the fraternity.
Having
now been recognized with two award there is no doubt that the lodge has
undergone a drastic change over the past few years and now we have set a new precedent
for ourselves to continue the progress that we have made during this rather
short period of time. The truly exciting aspect of this is that we have the
leadership and new members that not just make that a possibility but a
probability. I am not going to predict another Grand Master’s Award for this
year but there will definitely be at least one more presentation made in the
near future. After all, we have already accomplished a great deal and seeing
the brothers continuing to invest in the lodge and in one another makes this almost
a sure thing.
But,
as was the case in the past, awards are not our point of focus. Education,
fellowship, participation, and leadership are what will bring about the change
that we all hope to achieve. If we can focus on these four foundation
principles while maintaining our motivation there is nothing that will stop us
from making our lodge the jewel of the district and one of the leaders in our
jurisdiction. Do this and the rewards will be a natural result of our
transformation.
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