[Ansteorra] What are we here for?

[Christine/Maria]

Very well said Your Grace!  I feel all gooshy inside when a man takes my 
things carries them for me.  It makes me smile and it makes me 
blush....because it makes me feel like a true lady and it is soooo 
romantic.  I still remember the feeling when HE Airaklee came up to me 
at my first event and took my tiny little basket from me (saying "A lady 
should never carry a burden") and escorted me to my seat.  I was not 
only speechless (yup Maria was speechless...lol) but I felt placed on a 
pedestal for a short moment and it made me feel very special.

Men like you and Airaklee have special place in my heart and you hold a 
place of honor and deep respect in my eyes.  For this is what the SCA is 
about Honor, Courtesy and Respect.

Lady Maria Cabeca de Vaca

Michael Gunter wrote:
> After the discussion last week about personna and cookies
> and all of that I decided I would like to toss this point out
> as well.
>
> The Society is a place where honor, courtesy and chivalry
> are not to be the exception but the rule. In the modern
> world if I were to go to a complete stranger and ask to
> help her with the huge load of groceries she was carrying
> she would probably call the cops on me. In our Society it
> is expected to assist anyone in need. Unfortunately we
> tend to forget this very basic and defining foundation.
> Too often we are all busy in what we are doing and don't
> notice what we SHOULD be doing. I've been just as
> guilty as everyone else in this.
>
> This weekend I was sitting under a pavillion with HG
> Patrick-Michael, King Martin of Trimaris and others when
> we looked up to see a lady hauling a table over to the
> area where the fighters were doing pickups. Nobody
> stopped to assist her. I got up (accidentally clanging
> my armored kneecop into HG's unarmored knee. Sorry
> Your Grace!) and carried it the last few feet for her.
> She was bringing water to the fighters and got no
> help.
>
> I know we are tired, I know we are busy, I also know
> that our ladies are very capable of taking care of themselves.
> But we need to remember basic courtisies and that includes
> helping those that need help. I don't care if it is man or
> woman, child or duke. Remember to offer assistance.
> Remember that courtesy extends to the site we have
> for the weekend. Pick up your cigarett butts, clean up
> your area and help the autocrats for after you are gone.
>
> This is as much a reminder to myself as it is to everyone
> else because I've been just as guilty. Our Society is
> BETTER than the one where we go to work every week
> and we have to keep it that way.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Gunthar
>