Arizona Masons in the Military

Thank you for your Service!

Brother Andrew Long is a member of Arizona Lodge No. 2. He served Active Duty in the Marine Corps from 2004-2008 in Field Artillery and deployed to Iraq as a provisional infantryman. He was awarded a Certificate of Commendation for outstanding service. He used his GI Bill to get a Law Degree and now runs his own legal practice in Phoenix, Arizona.

Arizona Masons in the Military highlights and honors Arizona Masons who have served in the Military. Send us a photo of you in Uniform (old or new). If you are currently serving, please tell us your current branch, rank, designation & lodge. If you are a veteran—or if you want to highlight a brother who has passed but served, please send as a photo in uniform along with the branch served, rank at exit, lodge and some notes about time in the military. Thank you for your service!

Send your photos to the Grand Lodge Editor at editor@azmasons.org

This month, we share an excerpt from the February, 2023 Trestleboard of Scottsdale Lodge No. 43

Greatness

by WBro. Dave Woodland

Greatness is a measurable amount of success, and the measurement varies from person to person. There is no formula to abide with, only many ways and means to avail one's self of noting how others have approached the process. Do the difficult things while they are easier, and the great things while small, remembering that all attempts and striving starts with one step. Have faith in the future, hope that you have planned your future correctly, and all future steps will lead in the best direction. At times, success leaves a disappointment because the steps to achievement are over. Great works are done, not by strength alone, but with perseverance. Never stop the effort until you get to your place of destiny. Keep to the aims, learn even more, work at it, and have the patience to realize where you have gotten. Not all things you may try will be winners. Know that without some steps back, winning is not so great. Great things are done by bringing small things together.

Shakespeare said, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them".

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