Pushing the rock

From my short term point of view: Freemasons accept all men (& In some jurisdictions women) by their character not by their external manifestations. To me that means that my relationships should be based upon not the externals of a person, but rather by what they do. We all push the rock as far as we are able, for some that is leagues, for others one inch, both have value and worth, both contribute. If you have the ability to push the rock but won't that is were your character is truly shines through.

The Starfish Story By City Year
A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.
She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”
The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,“Well, I made a difference to that one!”
The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved. - adapted from the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley

I volunteer for two adaptive ski programs, in one we deal exclusively with people with vision issues (VIs, Visually Impaired, from high partials to totals). In the other we work with people with very other disability under the sun. In one I am on the Ski School, on the other I am a mule (a helper, lifter), I push the rock of these endeavors different amounts, I receive smiles for pay. It is well worth the aches, pains, etc. The rock is moved, it made all the difference in the world to that starfish.