What Elections Teach Us About Patience and Character
When election results hang in the balance — sometimes for days or even weeks — millions of people find themselves trapped in an uncomfortable limbo. The urge to jump to conclusions is overwhelming. Pundits contradict each other, social media erupts with speculation, and uncertainty gnaws at our composure. Yet hidden within that uneasy waiting is a profound lesson about character — one that Freemasonry has been teaching its members for centuries. Why Waiting Feels So Unbearable Imagine you’ve cast your vote, or you’re following election coverage from across the globe. Early projections trickle in, but they’re contradictory. Some districts are so close that recounts are inevitable. Commentators disagree. Your social media feed is a firestorm of hot takes. You feel the pull to pick a side, to find certainty where none yet exists. That impulse is deeply human. Our brains are wired to seek patterns, to demand closure, to know how things stand. Uncertainty registers as a threat, and our instinct is to eliminate it as quickly as possible — even if that means forming judgments based on incomplete information. But it’s precisely in that reflex to judge too soon that we reveal something important about our character. Freemasonry: A […]