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Welcome.

  MasonicMinute.com will develop over time, and I am certain you are not interested in the normal platitudes of newness, so we shall dispense with any further blathering and jump right in to the heart of it.

  The first tool presented to the Initiate is the 24” gauge.  (By the way…if you are ever planning on becoming a Mason…don’t read any further.  We are not giving-away any secrets, but we are also aware that some of you are just investigating the Craft.  If you are, and you don’t want the full-effect of the learning process that our degrees have to offer, then keep reading.  But if you want to experience Freemasonry as it was intended, stop here.  I will not apologize later for exposing you to something you are not yet ready to receive.)

  The gauge is the most important tool in the Craft.  It teaches us to divide our time.  This lesson of paying attention to the way we spend that most important currency (time) is one that certainly did not escape Brother Ben Franklin.  It was this first American diplomat who created a planning book where he took the most important virtues and dedicated a week to each one.  He would strive to perfect in himself this virtue this week, and the next during the next week.  Once he got to the end of the virtues, he would start over again!

  This dedication of time is a Masonic lesson that we must always keep in the fore.  Time is the only currency we cannot get more of (for who knows how much we have to spend?), and once we’re done…we’re done.  Time well-spent is time not wasted.  The first building tool gives us a guide as to how we must divide that time.  Those three portions – worship (service), refreshment and work – are exactly the three general categories of live that we should live.  There is no shame in working hard, and even stressing-out a bit about our work.  We should always find the gift of giving to be a form of worship, for it is through giving that we receive those blessings that each of our individual faiths promote.  And last, there is no shame in taking an evening with the guys and having a beer or two.  Refreshing the spirit in the company of your friends and brothers is as good for the soul as prayer…laughter and friendship are sometimes exactly what the Supreme Architect would want for us!

  So think hard about how we apply this first tool that our Craft has to offer.  Work at your job, and your Masonic learning.  Worship and provide service to others in the Spirit of the SAOTU and as your faith decrees, and relax enough that you might be able to do it all again with equal vigor and strength tomorrow.  This balancing instrument – that which we are taught to use for measuring our time – should accompany us in all our planning.  For without proper planning, we will not perform the tasks of Masonry well.

[As an aside…you will see many changes to this site as the next few weeks pass.  I am learning more and more each day, and I intend to present a great tool for you to use.  So don’t be afraid to email me (and even criticize) whenever you like…it’s all part of the fun.]

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