[Ansteorra] Retention, was Ideas and others

[Ld.blackmoon]

greetings

thank you ; )
I am sure that depending on ones perspective , there may be millions of " 
magic " people and peers out there for people to find , but for me this set 
of landeds were those " magic people " and between them and the many people 
who have befriended me over the years, I would find it very , very hard to 
just walk away ....

Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
Arthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa A. May" <maaggie1 at gmail.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Retention, was Ideas and others


> Arthur,
>
> Aside from a thread that I find fascinating of itself, I found your words 
> to be extremely moving, and I can only aspire to have such a profound, 
> positive effect on someone's perception of this life that we live in the 
> Society. And then hope that they do the same for others, who will continue 
> to "pay it forward" for future generations (who, getting back to the 
> thread, we very much need to recruit and retain!).
>
> Maggie
>
> Countess Margaret ny Connor
> Barony of the Steppes
> Kingdom of Ansteorra
>
> "And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily then eat and drink as 
> friends."  Wm. Shakespeare
>
> On Jan 31, 2013, at 6:01 PM, "Ld.blackmoon" <ld.blackmoon at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> but even more importantly , in the sca I learned that there can be pride 
>> in services well done, even if nobody is watching .  and I learned from a 
>> distant baron and baroness that serving honorably ( even when told it's 
>> ok to go have fun ) can make a person feel like they are important enough 
>> to be trusted by peers of the realm . . .
>> . . . they made me feel as if I was NEEDED  & USEFUL ,
>> . . . I " know " that somewhere , some time, if I can just find the right 
>> job , and do it well enough , there's a chance I can feel as needed, as 
>> wanted, as important as I did around these two wonderful people ...
>> if everyone could make people feel like they made me feel , no one would 
>> ever want to leave an event .....
>>
>> anyway, I think I started drifting there, but , I guess boiled down, I'm 
>> trying to say , that at one event I found magic , that magic lasted for 2 
>> years , and then it was someone else's turn to experience that magic, to 
>> this day I'm still playing because I want to experience the magic again 
>> ... to feel as if I truly am THE HONORABLE LORD ARTHUR BLACKMOON , 
>> instead of tired old Robert Sloan play acting like someone might actually 
>> miss him if he just walked away ....
>>
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