Living Past Masters
Masonic Birthdays
March
BRUCE H GORDON JR – 03/17/1968
JAMES J HOWARD – 03/25/1970
ROBERT R MASON – 03/27/1974
PAUL H STEELE JR PM – 03/24/1976
birthdays continued...
ROBERT L FOLS – 03/01/1978
WILLIAM E CAREY SR – 03/01/1978
DENNIS C BOETTCHER – 03/07/1979
THOMAS M GOTT JR – 03/30/1983
WAYNE L THOMAS – 03/30/1988
DAVID M CANNON – 03/24/1997
THOMAS J ATKINSON – 03/06/2002
STEPHANE G SABOURIN PM – 03/03/2010
GREGORY W PINE – 03/15/2012
ZACHARY A TAYLOR – 03/15/2012
JOEL R BREWER – 03/23/2013
DONALD HAMMOND – 03/27/2013
CHARLES J ARCARO – 03/27/2013
JEFFREY T LANK – 03/05/2014
DANIEL W LORD JR – 03/05/2014
COREY D LABER – 03/02/2016
BRUCE A WILLIAMS – 03/02/2016
ROBERT LEE DANIELS – 03/26/2022
THE PENCIL TALE
A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked:
"Are you writing a story about what we've done? Is it a story about me?"
His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson:
"I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I'm using. I hope you
will be like this pencil when you grow up."
Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn't seem very special. "But it's just like any other
pencil I've ever seen!"
"That depends on how you look at things. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on to them, will
make you a person who is always at peace with the world."
"First quality: you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your
steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will."
"Second quality: now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpner. That makes the pencil suffer a
little, but
THE PENCIL TALE
afterwards, he's much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear certain pains and sorrows, because
they will make you a better person."
"Third quality: the pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that
correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice."
"Fourth quality: what really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So
always pay attention to what is happening inside you."
"Finally, the pencil's fifth quality: it always leaves a mark. In just the same way, you should know
that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action"
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.
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
‐ Max Planck
