[MR] Queen's Corner - Peerage discussion

[Liz Orwig]

At 01:40 PM 6/24/2008, you wrote:
>Good People,
>
>Let us take a step back a bit and look at the bigger picture. Do not focus
>on what it takes to be a Laurel, but what it takes to be laurel-like.

Edited for bandwith...

>Genevieve d'Aquitaine
>http://genvieve.net/sca.html



WELL SAID!  I do what I do because I love doing it.  If it's teaching 
someone to make soap, fitting a pattern to themselves for a cote 
hardie, cooking something new, or in the mundane world, putting in an 
IV on a sick dog at the animal ER, then it's all good.  I am not a 
great teacher in any stretch of the imagination. But if I have been 
helpful, that makes me smile.  I get GREAT satisfaction out of seeing 
others happy.  The big picture for myself is that if I am not 
enjoying what I spend my spare time on... then I'm doing it WRONG and 
need to take a step or two back to rethink something. Does this mean 
I'm bucking for a peerage? Nope.  In fact I'm rather certain I will 
never see one.  I also don't care if I do or not.  I enjoy helping. 
It's what I do. I like seeing happy people. It makes me smile inside and out.

What I find sad is those who spend so much energy and time doing 
something they don't like to get an award they think they should have 
and then whine constantly for not getting one or not getting it fast 
enough.  Cluefinder here folks.... do what YOU LIKE to do.....BECAUSE 
you like to. Someone, somewhere will see THAT.  But they will also 
see the sour grapes and tend to put someone with a heavy case on the 
far back burner. For those people tend to burn out folks who love 
what they do by shear spread of the sourness.....


A very wise young man who is now a knight once told a man at 
arms:  "You should strive to BE a knight. NOT to Become one. If you 
don't know the difference, you need to rethink your path in 
this."  (Sir Tristen Sextwulf, Aethelmearc and my apologies if I 
butchered the spelling.)
Just my 2 cents.

Erzebet
Aethelmearc



Erzebet/Liz/Midge


People too weak to follow their dreams will always find a way to 
discourage others.