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It ain’t for everyone. And people come when they are ready. If they come before they are ready then they find out. I can’t say that they find out quick, ‘cause sometimes it takes years. Some guys see it fast, and some guys need a little more convincing. Time will tell. It always does. And then it keeps on telling. When you get attached to a group of guys with all their different personalities you never know what to expect. The club is like a roller coaster. It’s full of ups and downs. And the people that last are the ones that can handle the ride.
It’s tough when your Brothers believe in a guy and you don’t. That’s what prospecting in a club is about. Making the members believe in you. Showing them that you believe in the club, the cause, and yourself. The prospect time is YOUR time. The time you get to show the membership what this means to you and what you are made of. How far you are willing to go to be a part of something bigger and greater than yourself. You have devoted your life to an ideal, a way of thinking, and being, for the greater good, the club.
The club is like a machine. Each member is like a cog spinning in a machine. Some spin faster than others, some spin slower, some are completely spun out. It takes all kinds of personalities to make a club that will survive. I realize you need all kinds: Officer, Soldiers, Cooks.
The guys who make it have been living this way their whole life, even before they came around. They have been living by a code, holding themselves up to a standard that they have to live by. A standard of honor and respect. Basically being a MAN. Then they make their way to us and they realize this is where they belong.
It is not the patch that makes the man, it’s the man that makes the patch. If you have what it takes, if you can learn the lessons given, the FIRST time, if you fit in like a puzzle piece that we didn’t know was missing till you came around, then this might work. If you can follow the structure of monthly meetings, on a schedule, then being in the club might be for you. We aren’t looking for the toughest or the smartest. There will always be someone tougher or smarter, you gotta fit in. It’s a family.
We always know when a man is home. He does everything with a smile on his face. Everything is easy. He is chasing his dreams. And anybody knows the worst day chasing your dreams, is better than the best day doing anything else.
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