There Is A Time For All Seasons

My Dear Friends,

We will be taking a hiatus from the Scarlet Kings meetings, which may last from several months to much more possibly.  This is actually something that I have been thinking about for some time now, although I didn't express it except to a few.  And it's not to say that some of our members may not meet still informally, but we will be taking a break from posting the minutes.

As there is a time to get together and accumulate knowledge, there is also a time to reflect upon it, and I believe the time has come to reflect.

Since 2008, we have been getting together and enriching each other's lives in ways that I couldn't possibly imagine at the time the club was created.  It was an informal gathering of a group of people who were inquisitive about life and we resolved to discuss several, several issues as macro as the world, including the global economy and geopolitics, to issues as micro as the philosophical aspects of man and the psyche.  And we have, I believe, learned from our successes and our failures along the way, and we are better human beings because of it.

As we have all this material from the past several years to look over, it is so enjoyable for me to go back and look at what we were discussing and to overlay our discussions with several issues and historical changes that were happening in the world around us.  And, hopefully, when you will go back and reminisce, you will share that joy also.  

I generally did not express my thanks and gratitude on the blog as I always felt it was best expressed in person.

But I would like to take a moment to express my deepest and sincerest heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all of the attendees who have come to the Scarlet Kings over the years.  Each and every person contributed something special that made the group so wonderful and I, personally, have learned something from each of you and become a better human being because of you.  And I hope also that by setting up this blog, organizing the meetings and posting these meeting minutes, I have made a small contribution to you in return.

There may still be posts or articles about various things as they come up, so please look out for those.  And when it is decided to start up these meetings again, you will be sure to know.

In the meantime, while we are taking a break, I wish you all well and may you all have health, wealth and happiness ahead of you until we may meet again!

- VJ