In an ideal world, no one would be suffering from illness and disease, no one would suffer from natural disasters, no one would be homeless, no one would allow greed to control their motivations, no one would ever be hurt by loved ones, and no one would be mistreated unfairly.
In an ideal world, everyone would be happy and completely satisfied with their life.
As much as all of these things would make the world a better place, having a perfect world allows no room for growth, maturation, understanding, compassion, and belief in others-- because there simply would be no need for these.
With no room to serve others, to help those in need, to have issues to work through, or to have goals to work for, there no longer serves a purpose for the fraternal organization.
For the fraternal organization to reach its fullest potential and to make the most positive impact on the world, there has to be something for the fraternal members to be continuing to work for. There has to be a meaningful purpose and goal for the fraternal organization to focus on. How else would the organization reach success? How would the organization be able to measure their accomplishments?
In order for the fraternity to obtain members who are fully knowledgeable, dedicated, and motivated to work for the same values, a new member orientation program should be held prior to the initiation of members. Oftentimes, new members realize their values do not match up with their respective fraternity; implementing a program prior to any commitment would eliminate the fraternity being inhibited by these types of members. The ideal world would still have issues and the need for education and a better world, but the organization would exist with a foundation of members of equal motivation, dedication, and values.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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You bring up a good point.. that in a perfect world, we wouldn't really need the types of fraternal organizations we have now. But you come up with a great alternative to fix that. I think that it would be a solid start to changing our community if the new members were aware of the congruency between personal and fraternal values. Once everyone is on the same page, people will be more willing to help solve problems.
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