Fluently spoken here


 

Je t'aime

Te amo

Ya ti-bya lyu blyu

Ani o hev ot cha

I am posting this the day after Sept 11. This day has bothered me for over twenty years. I remember that day everything happened. On my way to work, not knowing anything had gone wrong. I will not go into all of the details. But I will say I remember a picture of a young Jewish girl. She was holding a sign that said: “Today we are all USA”.

I am not going to write about the politics of that day. But, for obvious reasons, it caused a lot of pain and hurt. Some I feel we hold on to, to this very day. I heard slurs and attacks against people we did not and maybe do not know.

We spend so much time looking at the differences, but very little time looking at what makes us the same. We work, we laugh, and we know hardships. It makes no difference if it is our faith, the color of our skin, or our economic standing.

It seems the voice of our differences speaks louder than what makes us the same. Maybe it is easier to focus on what separates us. Drowns out the voices so many are willing to spew.

We as Free and Accepted Masons while following the ideals and principles of Masonry understand it is not a religion, or even a spirituality (but will enhance it) know it to be a way of life. You see I have seen Masonry change people, from the person they were to the person they are today. To be honest it has changed me.

Hating does nothing but break people down, it does not make them stronger, or more responsible. I will admit I do have a hatred. I hate radical ideals that belittle or attempt to control someone else. Power over if not power with. Not lifting those who may need it.

And once we learn to speak it
All the world will hear
Love in any language
Fluently spoken here

The words that started this thought are simple. I Love you. Written in multiple tongues. Yet, they all mean the same thing. Love should be our focus. But not just within our Lodges but within our lives.

Love is not a noun it is a verb. A thing of action. Yes, there may be people that hate you, pick your reason. But we are called to rise above it, at all costs.

One day a man asked a teacher. What are the greatest commandments? The response was profound.

“Love your God with all your heart and soul. The second is equal to it. Love your neighbor as yourself. “

Once love is spoken Fluently and our differences set aside. We will honestly see changes in the world.


I love you and may we govern ourselves accordingly


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