A man should not be overly sentimental. Hurt by history. The past is a boneyard. Graveyards are for the dead and the rest is for the living. Look ahead to the future.
Manhood rituals have been used for thousands of years across the world to help boys become men. The men of tribes would take young boys away from their mothers and traumatize them until their feminine frame shattered. They would break the boys until they became numb to emotions. After the manhood initiation, the young men could handle 100x more emotional stress without fear, doubt and anxiety. The problem with modern men is they remain boys because their feminine frame was never shattered.
Youโre standing on a planet with molten lava at its core. Trees are turning sunlight into air you can breathe. Your heart is beating without you asking it to. Thereโs a moon in the sky and bugs that glow. This whole thing is absurdly beautiful. Donโt forget to notice it.
There is no shortcut to strength and this is why most men are weak. they want muscle without the tearing, they want wisdom without the years of being stupid, they want God without the desert. the body does not lie. you cannot fake a squat, you cannot charm a deadlift. the weight does not care about your story or your childhood or your excuse, it is just there and either you move it or you dont. and in that moment every lie you told yourself that week dies, because iron does not negotiate. iron is a prophet that only speaks one word, truth. and every rep is true and every set is true. and when you finally walk out of that room you are cleaner than you were when you walked in, because you are more honest. the weight took the lies out of you