Years ago Aunt Minnie decided that it was time she owned an automobile. Very few families had them then, especially maiden ladies; but one friend after another joined the ranks of motorists until it was more than she could stand.

When she went, to the weekly meeting of the sewing circle, she was completely out of the conversation-. Now the talk was about horsepower where once it was about flower gardens and pies. At the ladi~s aid society there was some mention of the Bible, foreign missions, and' the preachers wife, but~ there was more talk about :miles per gallon or how to repair ~ . puncture: So,Aunt Minnie bought a motor car. She went to the dealer and said, "I'll take that one", wrote a cheque for the full amount and told him to deliver it the following week. She then went to a contractor to order a garage built to house the automobile.

The garage was built and the new automobile was delivered. The salesman informed her that he was ready to give her some driving lessons. That day was not convenient for the first lesson so she told him to drive the automobile into the garage and promised to let him know when it would be convenient for her to begin driving.

Day after day passed without/Aunt Minnie calling the salesman; weeks rolled by and so did months. At the end oft the year she bought a new license but never got around to taking her first driving lesson.

Years passed and at the beginning of each year she bought a new licence but never moved the car. This continued until the day she died.

Poor old Aunt Minnie never realized the pleasure she had missed. The automobile was paid for. The streets were there and she helped to pay for them too, but the automobile remained in the garage. The only pleasure she obtained from the automobile was in her ability to tell her friends she owned one.

Aunt Minnie really missed out; but ddn't be too hard on her until you have looked in the mirror. Did you write a cheque for your Masonic initiation fees as Aunt Minnie wrote one for her automobile? Did you take the three degrees just as Aunt Minnie had a garage built? Do you pay your dues each year just as she bought the licence for her automobile? Do you let your membership sit in the garage and rust like that automobile? If you do..... Hi, Aunt Minnie.

Courtesy - The California Freemason

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