ES - Heal Thyself / membership

[Gabrielle]

Well said Lord Robert
Jockette Bel Athelete
-----Original Message-----
From: Sluggy <slugmusk at home.com>
To: elfsea at ansteorra.org <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: ES - Heal Thyself / membership


>> > Baroness Xene here,
>
>(much snipage)
>
>> > And when you do work on a problem with someone, and you have done
>> > something wrong, admit it, apologize, call the blow, and move on.
>
>"Call the blow" in this sentance so perfectly summarizes the spirit of
>the whole missive, this thread and, in fact, the thread which spawned
>it.
>
>The combat we enjoy, so strongly rooted in the chivalry and honor that
>we consider an ideal, is dependant on not just the words "call the
>blow", but what they represent. To yield when you SHOULD, long before
>you MUST...
>
>To a newcomer or outsider, the awards bestowed upon us look like
>standards that we might measure each other by. I suspect that most
>newcomers, as did I, see the awards as specific goals to pursue,
>governed by rules and formulae. In reality, the awards symbolize the
>recognition by our peers that we may have reached a goal. This goal, by
>its very nature, seems undefinable. Sure, we can cite specific reasons
>we might recommend an award for someone, but the actual goal is not very
>definable.
>
>It's clear to me now that, in a very Zen-like tradition, it is not the
>goal, but the journey that transforms us. We learn, by example if
>possible, by trial and error if we must, and we soon are having so much
>fun and enjoying the fellowship of our new extended family that we
>forget about the goals we once thought we were pursuing. Suddenly, one
>night you're called into court and they gotcha. It seems there IS a
>formula for getting awards, that you must actually forget about getting
>awards. :)
>
>Before I wander too far off the topic (oops, too late!), the same humble
>attitude that results in one's AoA is the same attitude that will make a
>player pay to become a member. Not because they must, but because they
>should. Our role is not to enforce membership but live the dream and
>share the dream. Once we are touched by the dream, $35 is merely money.
>
>Sluggy!
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