Masonic Musings #22

Continuing the Journey

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There comes a time in any project when you turn your mind to the 'three where’s," where you've been, where you are, and where you're going. Often times it's not at the most opportune moment and frequently impacts the best laid plans you have. Such has been the last few weeks for me.

Back in May I wrote about Balance and how it's important to look at all the aspects of your life and strive to be sure that you give each area the time it needs. It's not just the 24 hours in given day, it's about your entire life, and so often we don't realize where we are or where we're going because we've lost that balance. It is that lack of balance tends to put things on autopilot and then we're not making decisions or "laying our plans" but instead we are responding to those things around us often instinctively instead of putting thought behind it.

Such was the state I was in back in August when I wrote about my Alpha and Omega week when I started to look back and work to put things back in proper perspective. I tried to return some sense of balance to things so that I could be more in the moment when things were going on around me, to enjoy those moments that should be enjoyed, and give something back in those times when able. It is still a work in progress and being "out of balance" caused me to put several things on hold, push things off, and generally just try to keep my head above water. I have a long list of things to work on and work to correct, but the needle is moving in the right direction now.

While I'm not at liberty to share many of the thoughts and decisions that have come from that extended period of introspection I will share that writing about Freemasonry is something that I intend to continue on with, or more accurately restart. It is an area that I feel needs to have a priority spot in my life as I feel the best way to learn is to teach and share, the latter is easy to do with a newsletter and I hope you'll share your thoughts with me as I set my feet back upon the path and return to the journey.

It is a "journey of a lifetime," a Past Grand Master often said, and it truly is. The importance though needs to be on journey, the living and learning that needs to happen long the way, to contemplate the fork in the path as it comes, and share with others so that they too can continue their own journeys.

Thank you for being a subscriber to Masonic Musings and I hope you'll enjoy the journey to come and invite others to join us as well.