Brethren,
This month I had an occasion to attend an Integrity in Law Enforcement class and the below poem was use as a teaching point. Please consider it as you go about your day.
The Builder
By Lou Holtz
I watched them tearing a building down, a group of men in a busy town. With a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell, they swung a beam and a side wall fell. I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled: Would you hire these men if you were going to build?” He smiled and said, “No indeed, common labor is all I need. I can easily wreck in a day or two that which it takes builders years to do.” I thought to myself as I walked away, which of these roles have I tried to play? Am I a builder who builds with care, who measures life with a compass and a square, who follows life with a straight-laid plan, and patiently does the best he can? Or am I a wrecker who walks the town, content on tearing down?
Builder or a Wrecker. Which are you?
I would hope that we would all consider ourselves to be Builders, or at least aspire to be so. I know that I have wrecked my fair share of tasks and relationships in the past, but I also know that by surrounding myself with good men has shown me the path that I follow in my redemption. Do not be afraid Brothers to whisper good counsel in your Brothers ear. For it may be your counsel which redirects a man from the road of a wrecker onto the path of the Builder.
Fraternally,
Charles Taggart
Worshipful Master, Unity Lodge No. 146
Unity Lodge No. 146 
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