I Have Something to Say

I believe men are protectors.
As men we are given strength to stand for what we believe. We are given a physical nature that can be used to protect and love or destroy.
I want to leave a legacy of people who I helped, of people I guarded from harm.
I want to be a man who loves deeply and truly. Who is not afraid to display weakness, but knows he is strong.
I want to be a man that proves my masculinity by being gentle and respectful to women. Who proves my heritage by making her feel safe in my arms and comforted by my touch. I want to make her quiver and tingle in the most innocent and wonderful ways.
I will demonstrate my strength by standing up for the weak. By speaking kindly when I don't want to. By listening to both sides of the story.

I want to be a sheepdog, and the very best version of myself. I want to continually grow and learn. I desire knowledge and a level head. I want to be the person who remains calm and collected when the world around me is tangled in flames and in chaos.

MistyCee

@Fungirlmmm: Good for you. I'm the only one in my family who thinks that way. The rest, male or female, just want to call a plumber.

beckychandler · F

This is about understanding our nature (for example men have a different nature than women) and the order of nature --using the term "nature" in a metaphysical sense, not "Enlightenment" wrought materialistic sense of the past three hundred years -- in which it is most often used today -- not that the created world does not demonstrate the truth of that sense of nature --no revelation required.

KnightRanger · 56-60, M

I think she is agreeing with you! ;-)

Specifically, that what you are expressing is an articulation of the classical / traditional male nature, in the sense of "nature vs nurture" – that which is essential or intrinsic, at the deepest level: in this case of the classical male psyche – essential "maleness," as it were... or at least, maleness as it should be.

She then veers into a brief philosophical / theological consideration of the fact that the natural (created) world is itself a revelation of the transcendent divine reality (God) which created it, and that we can learn much from this "general revelation," even apart from the "special revelation" embodied in the Scriptures. :-)