Aren’t we all emotional beings?
What’s wrong with feeling something, anything?
What’s wrong with expressing our feelings? Especially as a man? Why is there such a fucking stigma?
We were all born kicking, screaming and crying coming into this world. It’s called being human.
So why do we say things like “men don’t cry”? Or “be a man, toughen up”? Or whatever the saying is wherever you are?
It’s shit.
It’s stupid.
It’s out of touch.
Out of touch with being human. Out of touch with just being.
I admit that it has taken me many years to get in touch with my own emotional self.
It was a struggle.
It was painful.
Complex relationships had to be examined.
Issues had to be dealt with.
I owe so much of that personal growth to my ex-wife Alina who helped me work through many issues I had leftover from my painful youth.
But now…I can watch a commercial on tv, or hear a song, or see a painting and freely feel tears.
Sometimes they are of sadness, sometimes of joy. Both can be deep emotional states.
Either way, I am unashamed to feel, to show emotion, to express my inner self. I embrace and share my emotional self passionately.
I’m not telling guys not to be guys. They’ll do what they fucking want, that’s for sure.
All I’m saying is, being a man is so much more than stupid fucking cliches and words that we have accumulated in our puny heads.
It’s more than high fiving at a sports bar. Its more than screaming over a scratch on your car.
Go be a man…cry, feel, share.