When we were boys, we needed the world of men -- our fathers but also other men -- to love, train, teach, discipline, and empower us on the journey of carrying the 'feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood' -- as Coleridge beautifully put it...

Later, when we are adults, we often fool ourselves by thinking we no longer need real input from other men...

Because we don't know that deep inside, below all our success, achievement and our public persona; beneath all falsehood and pretence, there is a young boy that still longs to become a man.

He is young, and will remain young and undeveloped, unless he receives what he needs...

All that he needs, mentally, psychologically, spiritually and physically -- all the love, healing, training, development, and growth -- is to be found within a world that he has been made for, and has longed for, ever since his first years...

The world of men.

Masculinity -- the masculine essence within each man -- and all its needs, desires, and aspirations, can only be fully developed, nurtured, and empowered to reach its destiny, within this sacred circle -- the world of men.

Seek them: search for those relationships; look for those mentors; look for the opportunity to be taught, empowered, and yes, fathered, by men who are older, wiser, and have themselves walked the walk of inner transformation. Be wise -- do not trust everyone; do not open your heart to those who do not know how to handle it, those who have not faced their own pain and unmet needs, and have come out on the other side, stronger and more alive...

But do not fear.

Take risks. Get out of your comfort zone. Open up at meetings. Seek the wholeness you need, and make a decision to share your life with men who are strong, caring, and committed to see others grow the way they had.

We need mentors.

Urgently.

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