Circumspection definition
Circumspection as I understand it, means that each of us should first be prudent before we act or before we speak. We all have our own opinions about how “things should be” and there is nothing wrong with that. However, how often do we truly focus on living in each present moment? It’s easy to retreat to the past (we can’t go back there, but it’s a place that a lot of us can get stuck in) or speculate about the future (which does not really exist except as a concept in our minds). I find it helpful to ask the following questions: what am I doing NOW? How am I speaking NOW? How do my words and my actions at this moment affect my brothers, the greater community, and the human race? As each of us evolve to be better persons and as brother Masons become role models in our communities, the human race evolves one person at a time, one gesture at a time, one word at a time. Isn’t that marvelous! At the same time, as each of us fail to do this and use our tongues and actions to vilify and hurt each other, we also devolve our species. But I am always hopeful! I have found great lessons in this Fraternity of ours that encourage me daily to be the best person I can, to be charitable, to hope for goodness, to be grateful for all of the tangible and intangible gifts we possess, to be circumspect, and often times to be silent. My favorite composer of all time, Wolfgang A. Mozart when talking about the beauty of music said something that I believe to be profound and applicable beyond the world of melody and harmony, “the most beautiful sound in music is silence.”
Examples of Circumspection in a sentence
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