Living Past Masters
Masonic Birthdays
August - September
William H Duncan – 8/01/1957
George T Decker III – 8/10/1972
William W. Quigley – 9/23/1953
Robert McCullough,Sr.,PM – 9/25/1957
birthdays continued...
Charles W. Horness – 9/23/1959
George R Greenley – 9/22/1965
Richard D Till – 9/25/1974
Thomas J Ventura,Sr.,PJGW – 9/14/1977
Millard T Williams – 9/25/1985
Douglas A Twyford – 9/20/1989
Gregory A Schulze,PM – 9/23/1992
Mark Kurkowski – 9/22/2010
Kyle C Schulze – 9/23/2010
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make
it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three
pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.
He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering
what he was doing.
After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the
eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. "Daughter, what do you see?"
"Potatoes, eggs, and coffee," she hastily replied.
"Look closer," he said, "and touch the potatoes." She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her
to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the
shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the
coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile
to her face.
"Father, what does this mean?" she asked.
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity ‐ the boiling water.
However, each one reacted differently.
The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.
The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the
inside of the egg became hard.
However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created
something new.
"Which are you," he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato,
an egg, or a coffee bean?"
Moral: In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.
Have You Considered
Leaving A Legacy?
Have you considered leaving a Legacy to your lodge, St. John's Lodge No 2? If you have, please make sure that St. John's Lodge No 2 is included in your Wills and Trusts so that your legacy can continue to help promote Freemasonry in the State of Delaware long after you have left your brethren behind. Freemasonry in Delaware has just celebrated its 200th anniversary. With your help, maybe it can celebrate its 300th one day.
