[SCA-AE] Obligations of a NON-peer

[Mike C. Baker]

> As an academic side note to the discussion - it is, as Maria 
> pointed out, a learning experience.
> 
> One of the things I look for in a potential peer is how they 
> handle a situation like this.  All of us, at one time or 
> another, do something we wish we could undo.  Sometimes small 
> and private, sometimes big and public, but it is something 
> all of us have to face.  Being a peer, you can't run to your 
> Knight, Laurel, Pelican or Patron and say "Oh, dear.
> I've messed up.  Now what do I do?"  You must handle it yourself.
> Learning how to do this, is one of the parts of the path to 
> being a peer that is not generally discussed, but it's very important.
> 
> I know both of their Excellencies reasonably well.  I was not 
> surprised at the quick apologies on both of their parts.  
> They are both truly amazing people, with a great deal to 
> teach us all.  I know well, having been there, how awful it 
> feels to wake up the next day and think "Oh, dear."  I 
> commend them on their good example, and encourage those of 
> you on the path to the peerage to learn from it.  
> 
> No one is perfect.  The measure of a man is often in how he 
> deals with his imperfections.
> 
> Caryl

I Am Not A Peer of this Society, as such things are adjudged.  (Formal,
precedence-bearing, recognition runs to an AOA plus a Sable Crane of
Ansteorra.)

I am, however, a Bard in the ancient sense.  As such, one tenet remains
above all others, now and forever:  
we only truly live when we continue to learn, and in turn, teach.

Let us all put this behind us in the sense of a learning experience,
then.

Parallel quasi-academic side-note:  I have no formal relationship to any
Peer, beyond informal friendship which may mean more than any
apprenticeship or other formal structure could instill.  (At least not
in the regularly acknowledged hierarchic sense, anyway.)  Does that make
me less or more likely to "run to" someone else when I'm uncertain of
how to resolve a MESS of my making?  Probably -- but I also happen to be
stubbornly self-reliant about a fair number of things, recognize that
tendency, and try to compensate.  

(I also have a number of acquaintances, friends, family, and
family-of-choice who *know* that they are expected to slap me upside the
haid-bone when I really need it.  I am fortunate that I have acquired
some number of those persons here in Aethelmearc without losing those
back "home" in Ansteorra...)

Thank you for allowing me to learn even more here in the Sylvan Kingdom

Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe (Mike C. Baker)
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