Never Outgrow Being the Student
Experience has value.
The longer we live, the more lessons we collect. And if we’re fortunate, eventually we have opportunities to pass some of those lessons along.
But experience can also create a quiet danger.
We can begin assuming the teacher should always be the person with more years behind him.
Years ago, I wanted to help my granddaughter learn to ride a bicycle. Like many of us, I pictured the traditional method—running beside her, holding onto the bicycle while she tried to find her balance, and probably collecting a few scraped knees along the way.
Then I watched a video showing a simple three-step method for teaching a child to ride.
The teacher was nine years old.
I had never seen the technique before.
I tried it.
My granddaughter learned to ride her bicycle in one afternoon—without me running alongside her and without the scraped knees I had expected.
That little boy reminded me of something I haven’t forgotten:
Wisdom doesn’t always arrive from someone older than you.
Sometimes the Brother with forty years in Masonry should be the teacher.
Sometimes the newest Entered Apprentice should be.
And sometimes your teacher might be nine years old.
The important thing is remaining humble enough to recognize when there is something you don’t know.
Today’s Work: Let someone teach you something today—regardless of their age, experience, title, or position.
Masonry works when it’s done daily.
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