Show me your fridge, I'll show you your health.
Show me your books, I'll show you your goals.
Show me your calendar, I'll show you your priorities.
Show me your friends, I’ll show you your future.
WHEN BOYS BECOME MEN
A boy becomes a man when he starts trying to impress himself more than others.
A boy becomes a man when he learns to value respect more than attention.
A boy becomes a man when he stops altering his behavior to please women.
A boy becomes a man once he’s completely comfortable being alone.
A boy becomes a man when he begins teaching his parents more than they teach him.
A boy becomes a man when he finishes his first hero’s journey.
A boy becomes a man when he’d rather appear broke than rich to the masses.
A boy becomes a man when he can both suffer and celebrate in silence.
A boy becomes a man when he enjoys giving gifts more than receiving them.
A boy becomes a man once he’s completely comfortable saying “no” to women he’s attracted to.
A boy becomes a man when he stops causing unnecessary suffering for others and starts seeking necessary suffering for himself.
A boy becomes a man when his mother seeks his validation more than he seeks hers.
A boy becomes a man when he stops begging and starts building.
A boy becomes a man when he starts producing more than he consumes.
A boy becomes a man when he values silence more than speech.
A boy becomes a man once he desires fulfillment more than fame.
A boy becomes a man once he fears the regret of a meaningless life more than he fears insult, injury or death.
Roy P. Benavidez was born in Texas in August 1935. Benavidez enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard in 1952 during the Korean War, but later switched to Army active duty in June 1955.
On May 2, 1968, Benavidez heard a plea for help over the radio. A group of his fellow soldiers were surrounded by the North Vietnamese Army and couldn't hold them off for much longer. Benavidez sprang into action, jumping out of a helicopter and straight into enemy fire armed with only a knife. He was shot several times while running toward the wounded soldiers, but he persisted and began carrying them to safety.
When one enemy soldier stabbed him with a bayonet, Benavidez pulled the blade out of his arm, thrust his own knife into the man's chest, and continued helping his wounded comrades, leaving his only weapon behind. During the six-hour battle, Benavidez suffered 37 bullet, bayonet, and grenade shrapnel wounds.
At one point, he was seen holding in his own intestines while his eyes were crusted shut with blood from his head injury. And when the fighting was over, he was in such bad shape that medics thought he was dead and placed him in a body bag — until Benavidez managed to spit in a doctor's face to get his attention.
He was presented the Medal of Honor in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan. The president said, "If the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it."
Do not steal her charm, cuteness and femininity in all by being weak.
The best gift you can give her is to stay masculine and let her be into her true natural feminine role.