My Brother’s Keeper: The Importance of Brotherhood and Responsibility

As, we strive to become Lambda men the most important thing we can’t lose sight on is “Being My Brother’s Keeper”. I thought I knew what Being My Brother’s Keeper really meant from being a part of organized sports and through the friendships I’ve built over the years, but I was wrong, and I realized that after tonight’s conference call. I really had to look in the mirror and reevaluated myself and ask myself do I really want this. And, the answer is yes, I do want this not only for myself but for the other Little Brothers taking this journey with me.

Tonight, all the Little brothers found out we must improve on our communication and really get to know each other. Accountability and communicating through the proper chain of command were the two area’s we severely failed at. Before tonight I believed everyone was a line walker and we didn’t even know it, but from this day forward none of the Little Brothers will be left behind or not accounted for. I pledged because I saw myself as a lone wolf needing to be a part of something greater than myself. To become part of an organization of thinking, reasoning, and intelligent men is no easy task, I never strayed away from challenges, so I stepped out on faith and now I see that I’m moving in the right direction. I believe I and my Little Brothers needed that and I want to thank all the Big Brothers, DOI, and Senior Big Brother for giving us that lesson on what it means to “Be My Brother’s Keeper”. Society, or more specifically men, should become more aware of the needs of others and give a helping hand to whoever is in need, regardless of their need. We should feel morally obligated to do whatever we can to make sure that we make a difference in another person’s life. We had some conflict after the conference call tonight and a Little brother who wants to quit but me and the rest of the Little Brothers understand the significance of this and we’re going to continue to stay with this gentlemen and carry him along.

We know we have a long way to go and we are willing to fight for this because we all are striving for greatness which is evolve from being the very best men and become Great Men. When you say “Am I My Brother’s Keeper” it means you have a moral obligation and want to make your organization and line better. After tonight’s conference call we are now morally obligated to help one another and how that we should strive for the feeling of helping someone out and the pleasure that comes with that feeling because it is something that we all strive to do. Tonight, situation could be bad but for the individuals that were on the phone we see the positive and the constructive criticism. Brotherhood is a bond in which nothing can break, if we could see every bad thing that is happening around the world and every bad situation that every person was at any given time, that we would not have anything to physically say about that topic, we would feel obligated to make a difference, to help in any ways that we possible could. We as brothers to one another need to look out a help our fellow brothers whether on the conference call, GROUPME, or anything that involves communication. I truly understanding of brotherhood and what he means to really be your brother’s keeper. It’s a tough job but only great men can handle the task and every individual in the line has the abilities of being a Great Man. One of the Little brothers came into hard times and needed financial assistance, we as little Brothers reached out to this individual.

As, little brothers even if we are not financially able or prepared to help someone, we should use whatever method we have to help that Line brother in some way or fashion. We as brothers to one another need to look out and help our fellow brothers. If we can do this, we would be able to create a utopian society filled with compassion for one another and moral rightness for all male service members, past and present a platform to engineer social and environmental change across the nation. Brotherhood and responsibility are the essentials to mold more mature and responsible members and our line of Little Brothers. The benefits that you get out of this process is a great deal on what you put into it. It is a unique time in our lives, so we need to make the most of it.

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