07/14/2020 - Dark Tower - Cat in the Hat is right about that
AO: Dark Tower
When: 07/14/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 9
Pax Names: Abu, Aladdin, Cousin Eddie, Drago, Moonlight, Scotts, Sweeney Todd, Townie,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 1
FNG Names: Century 21
QIC: Cousin Eddie
Introduction
No coupons needed! Trash pandas and cats in hats are on tap for tomorrow. HC in the thread.
The Scene: Forecasted partly cloudy and low 70’s
Warm-O-Rama
Goofballs IC (4 count) x 25
Sprinklers IC (4 count) x 25
Carioca to the left all the way to roundabout, Carioca to the right roundabout and then back to center.
Mosey to bridge
Bear crawl across bridge
Mosey to Cat in the Hat statue in front of the library
The Thang
THANG 1: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
1st corner by the Cat in the Hat statue: 1 Burpee, 2 Merkins, 3 Squats, 4 LBCs, Sprint to corner 2: 2 Burpees, 4 Merkins, 6 Squats, 8 LBCs, crab walk short edge to 3rd corner: 3 Burpees, 6 Merkins, 9 Squats, 12 LBCs, sprint to corner 4: 4 Burpees, 8 Merkins, 12 Squats, 16 LBCs, crab walk back to corner 1: repeat routine until you get to 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 30 Squats, 40 LBCs
(AAR: only take this up to 8 burpees, 16 merkins, 24 squats and 32 LBCs in the nature of time)
Mosey to the Amphitheater.
THANG 2: Trash Panda pairs
Partner 1: Raccoon crawl one row, run down while Partner 2 does Daft Punk at the bottom, then flapjack
Ran out of time for the next part.
Unfortunately we ran out of time for Mary, arrived at the flags at 6AM
Circle of Trust
Announcements
See the info only no chatter channel in Slack
F3 Concierge service – this is an ongoing initiative – can’t stop won’t stop after shelter in place
Prayers
Mr. Miyagi, Crabgrass, Wet Wipe’s FIL (Big Mike), Toady, Cupcake’s friend (Carson), Pumpkin Spice’s family
Naked Man Moleskin
The Circle of Trust is unique in that I am here for you but you are also here for me. The month of June was a powder keg of emotions. For the past two weeks I have been asking for forgiveness for the way I went about defending our leadership team as well as the PAX that were passionate about us as a group staying home and out of the gloom during March and April of the shelter in place order. By jumping to conclusions and feeding my own jealousy, I left a bad impression on some and created grudges with others. So much so that it played out on Facebook last month.
Last week I talked about how politics by their very nature are divisive so I do try to not use political labels to identify one’s beliefs. But I am human and inevitably it does happen. I believe in listening to your conscience for that is what God gave us to discern the best course of action.
Sometimes as you learn more and educate yourself more, your position on a topic can, will and sometimes should change. Everyone should expect and respect that. That is how people find common ground. In this instance it became clear that there wouldn’t be common ground and this person would rather I have hidden our discussions in private instead of having a public, civil discussion. The subject of the Facebook post was racism and this PAX had posted in support that systemic racism doesn’t exist. I challenged this thought process and it did not play out well. I will not divulge the identity of this person as I’m sure his true self will shine through one way or another. However, I did take screen shots of the conversation because it bothered me that much at the time and I wanted to make sure I didn’t misremember anything. Maybe I should have just let it go. I recounted the incident verbatim this morning if you had joined me. I will spare those reading this after the fact.
Needless to say we are no longer friends on Facebook but this incident has weighed heavy on my heart for the last month because it questioned my belonging to F3. If this person, with these views is a part of F3, why am I? Do more PAX feel the same way as him? Was I wrong? I didn’t think I was personally attacking him but challenging his sentiments on racism. However, he chose to dredge up my past mistakes as an attack on my character and that did put me on the defensive. Again, I let myself bite the bait but I was surprised to read and see these viewpoints from someone I thought I respected. In this situation, I’m not sure what I could have done differently. Being transparent about my beliefs is part of who I am. Thank you for being here for me and I will continue to be here for you.
We ended with an Our Father.
Peace,
Cousin Eddie