The World Needs Authentic Men

byAllanSiegel

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6 years ago

This is the first in a series on authentic manhood, and the particular plague of "fatherlessness" in our western culture. I am composing this from the point of view of a man who has bombed again and again, however has gotten up and hasn't stopped pushing ahead.

Although the following list is not comprehensive, it features what I believe to be a significant number of the attributes of an authentic man.

The World Needs Men:

• who can't be purchased by or enslaved to his vocation.
• whose word is their bond.
• who put character above riches.
• who are bigger than their positions of employment.
• who don't hesitate to take risks.
• who won't lose their personality in a group.
• who is honest and trustworthy in little things and in extraordinary things.
• who will make no trade off with wrongdoings.
• whose ambitions are not restricted to their own narrow-minded wants.
• who won't state they do it "since every other person does it."
• who are consistent with their friends through great report and evil report, in difficulty and in thriving.
• who don't trust that astute business deals and trickery are the best qualities for winning achievement.
• who are not afraid to remain steadfast in following what is true, even when others disagree.
• who can state an unwavering "no" when it opposes his morality, despite the fact that a vast majority of men say "yes."

In my next post, I will examine some of the tools that can shape and build up a man's character.