MAN UP

[Mike85]

Phil: The exoteric motto for my fraternity is "Be Men" (In Greek, which is the way it's written on our crest, it's pronounced "An-dreeth-es-thay". That's pretty much what I'd been working with.

Last weekend, one of the guys I was hanging with in the bar was a younger alum Brother, and I went off on an admittedly beer-fueled rant about how our Fraternity motto and our tradition as latter-day knights has helped me focus on the kind of man I aspire to be and how I should behave. I don't know if it was the Labatt's, the content, or how I delivered it, but the guy was impressed.

Twindad: Great post, and having decided to read a lot of the posts in your attached threads, I have to say, you're an inspiration. Knowing that there can be light at the end of the tunnel and that taking the high ground -despite what the world thinks and advises- can get you to that light as a better person, well, it helps.