WHAT MAKES A BROTHER

[ICEBURG]

GREETING BROTHERS...I AM POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO SEEK ENLIGHTMENT FROM THOSE WHO MAY BE MORE SEASONED IN THE BROTHERHOOD THAN I AM...I HAVE RECENTLY CROSSED THE BURNING SANDS THROUGH MIP, HOWEVER I HAVE DILIGENTLY STUDIED AND I AM WELL VERSED IN MY HISTORY I HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF COMING IN CONTACT WITH SOME OTHER BROTHERS WHO RECENTLY CROSSED WHO CHALLENGE ME AND FOUND ME ACCEPTABLE AND ASKED ME WHERE I CROSSED WHEN I INFORMED THEM THAT IT WAS THROUGH A GRADUATE CHAPTER AND I ONLY DID THE WEEKENDS THEY SEEMED TO FIND FAULT IN ME NOT THAT I DID NOT KNOW NY HISTORY BUT THAT MY PROCESS WAS NOT PHYSICAL. THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH THIS IS THAT I THOUGHT THE PROCESS WAS TO DEVELOP ONENESS AND ALSO EDUCATE THE GENTLEMEN IN THE PROCESS IN THERE HISTORY. DUE TO THE MANNER IN WHICH I WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE MY INFORMATION AND HAVE IN DEPTH STUDY I AM AS VERSED AS MANY BROTHERS WHO HAVE HAD PHYSICAL PROCESS. THIS LEADS ME TO MY QUESTION...

WHAT MAKES SOMEONE A BROTHER...THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THEIR HISTORY AND WORK HARD FOR THE ORGANIZATION OR THAT THEY PLEDGE HARD FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WEEKS AND RECEIVED BRUISES AND SCARS?

PLEASE RESPOND REMEMBERING THAT THIS AN OPEN FORUM AND WE ARE STILL WHATEVER THE CASE ALPHA MEN.