Alhambra Masonic Lodge no. 322

From the South

March 2010

Greetings my fellow masons, I send you a message that is a beautiful life story of a young man and his grandfather and it goes like this; A young man, asked his grandfather why life had to be so difficult? This was the old man’s reply; Grandfather said, in life there is sadness as well as joy, loosing as well as winning, falling as well as standing, hunger as well as plenty, bad as well as good.

Grandfather did not say this to make you despair but to teach you that life is a journey sometimes walked in light sometimes in darkness. Grandfather said; you did not ask to be born, but you are here, you have weakness as well as strengths, you have both because in life there are two of everything. Within you is the will to win, as well as the willingness to lose, the heart to feel compassion, as well as the smallness to be arrogant. Within you is the way to face life, as well as the fear to turn away from it.

Grandfather say this: life can give you strength, it can come from facing the storms of life, from knowing loss, feeling sadness, knowing heartache, and from falling into the depths of grief. You must stand up to the storm, you must face the wind the cold the darkness, the storm hard you must stand firm, for it is not trying to knock you down, it is just trying to teach you to be strong…

Grandfather said; being strong means taking one more step to the top of the hill no matter how weary you may be, it means letting the tears flow, it means keep searching for the answer for knowing the darkness of despair is all around you. It means cling to hope for one more heart beat, for one more sunrise, each step no matter how difficult, means one more step closer to the top of the hill, to keep hope alive for one more heartbeat at a time, leads to the Light of the next sunrise and a promise of a new day......

Grandfather said this; the weakest step toward the top of the hill, toward sunrise, toward hope, is stronger than fiercest storm...

Grandfather said;

Keep going!!!!!!!!!

Fraternally,

Ray D’angelo, J. W.