Men: Where is our Courage?

Men, we need to be leaders. Leaders and protectors to our family, women and children. To anyone in need. Where has our courage gone? We've lost sight of what it means to be a real man. With anything, it is always best to start with the root of the issue. You will have to dig deep and really examine yourself. Lets stop living as imposters and be real with ourselves. You need to be willing to expose yourself in order to heal yourself. (Honestly, this paragraph was a little bit of a rant. please excuse me.)

If you think I am crazy just look at the "men" in our world today and the actions that they are taking. I see wounded "men" in fear of being exposed of their true self. Wounds will have different effects on a person based off of their emotions and who they are. Why else do we turn on the news and see "men" hurting women and children? We spend time trying to figure out why we are hurting each other but we fail to look under the surface at the root of the problem. We have baggage from our childhood that we have not dealt with. A few examples could be fathers leaving during your childhood or being bullied at school. These wounds should be dealt with or else you will carry them the rest of your life.

I look around and think that we (men) should expect more out of ourselves as a whole. With all that being said, here is one of the paragraphs that changed my perspective and made me examine myself.

"Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people. Your mother and father, no matter how wonderful, couldn't have been perfect. She is a daughter of eve, and he a son of Adam. So there is no crossing through this country without taking a wound. And every wound, whether it's assaultive or passive, delivers with it a message. The message feels final and true, absolutely true because it is delivered with such force. Our reactions to it shapes our personality in very significant ways. From that flows false self. Most of the men you meet are living out a false self, a pose, which is directly related to his wound."

Eldredge, John. Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul. Harpercollins Christian Pub, 2011.