{"id":3415,"date":"2013-11-19T19:50:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T00:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fmtroop108.com\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2013-11-26T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T00:10:51","slug":"be-who-you-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmtroop108.com\/?p=3415","title":{"rendered":"Be Who You Is…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several years ago Dan Cockerill was Scoutmaster of Troop 108 and he started a tradition that is carried forth at the end of each scout meeting. \u00a0All of the scouts and leaders form a large circle with arms crossed and holding each others hands. \u00a0There we recite a strange but insightful little saying that speaks volumes about what we, as leaders and parents, hope our scouts get out of the program. \u00a0It is followed by the traditional Scoutmaster’s Bennediction. \u00a0This little saying goes like this:<\/p>\n

Be who you is<\/h4>\n

‘Cause if you be who you ain’t<\/h4>\n

You ain’t who you is<\/h4>\n

Truer words were never spoken.<\/p>\n

The link below is of one such closing on November 18th, 2013. \u00a0On this night the closing was kicked off by the Hendel family as they closed their last meeting with Troop 108 before departing for their new start in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

Several years ago Dan Cockerill was Scoutmaster of Troop 108 and he started a tradition that is carried forth at the end of each scout meeting. \u00a0All of the scouts and leaders form a large circle with arms crossed and holding each others hands. \u00a0There we recite a strange but insightful little saying that speaks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"mt-event-group":[],"class_list":["post-3415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-troop-108-insights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qkgR-T5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3528,"url":"https:\/\/www.fmtroop108.com\/?p=3528","url_meta":{"origin":3415,"position":0},"title":"Troop 108 Iron Chef","author":"Troop Webmaster","date":"April 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Troop 108 would like to give a very special Thank You to ASM Tim Whitesell for his work in helping several of the Troop 108 Scouts with their Cooking Merit Badge. 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