The Templar of Old had a rule that in order to join, the prospect needed to be a knight himself, and both his father and grandfather must also have been knights. One could argue that this was due to keeping the Templar order filled with Noble houses or blood or something along these lines.
I think there is another reason.
If your father and grandfather were Knights, that would mean that you would have been raised with a certain set of ideals and values. Ideals of how a Knight was supposed to act and be. Being a Templar was far from easy, they needed exceptional and dedicated people. I believe that a knight that met those requirements would have the mindset to try and be exceptional at everything.
You're not good at something? Practice, you need to do something in your daily routine? Be the best at it.
So The Modern Templar Order would need to keep that same standard.
Are you a cashier? Everytime you're working you need to try and be the best cashier out there. Are you a programmer or in front of a computer? You should be constantly perfecting your craft and being an elitist typer.
Everything you do, you need to do to the best of your ability and always strive to be better. You need to be the kid in the group project who did all of the work, the one who says “this sucks but it needs to get done right.” Your name is attached to all of your work, and eventually, the Order will be attached to your work. Take pride in it, expect Exceptionalism in yourself.
It’s a short post, but it’s important to understand everyone who wants to be apart of this Order needs to be someone to look up to. Exceptional, dedicated, and determined.
