Working Tools

Recently the most satisfying part of being a freemason to me has been the constant growth and understanding I have developed, not only within myself, but of the coexistance of all members of the human family. I have been able to take the tools that where given to me and apply them to my life and see the positive changes and outcomes of their useful application.

I am not one to be boastful, more often than not I would consider myself to be rather modest, but I cannot be silent in stressing the importance of applying these working tools to life and how they effect it.

When doing such a thing it forces a man to look inward and ask himself "What kind of person am I?" This reflection is intensely important. Not only for it's commonly accepted purpose of self improvement but the realization that we are creations of the Grand Architect Of The Universe and are unique among the rest of creation in that we have been given this tremendous gift. We are separated from the rest of creation because of it.

We know that we are able to improve ourselves in many different ways.

We know that we are going to die.

We know that there is a purpose to our existence, even if we sometimes do not know what the purpose of the existence is.

These things are meant to help us. To help us guide ourselves and our brothers toward the path of righteousness, and to He who gives the righteous man his reward.

I am certainly not considered a scholar of our ancient and honourable craft, but I have seen it's benefits not only in society but in the building of the individual.

We share among ourselves a unique responsibility towards one another, a duty. It is this duty which we see when we greet a brother. The duty when we meet a new brother and feel a connection to him through our Masonic ties. When we safeguard and kindly admonish our brethren.

This gift of self improvement is made possible even more so by the tools we have been given in the course of our shared Masonic instruction. We must always remember them in our lives, and use them on ourselves and our brothers. For each of there distinctive purposes. To see that improvement in our own lives.