The Worth of a Man
Why do we do these things to each other? What makes us behave
so? A man is not a man, if he does not face up to his responsibilities,
if he does not get up every morning and say to himself, "These are the
things that matter, and these are the things that do not. Today I shall
put my heart and soul into those things that do, and the rest shall
wash over me and shall have no bearing on my life." A man takes
care of his own. He looks after his family, his friends, and all the
people that he loves, and that love him. He takes up their burdens for
them, and he takes away their pain and their fears. This is his burden,
and this is his triumph. At no point will he set these things aside. At
no point will he run, or hide, or give in when there are those who
depend upon him. He will be their strength, he will be their power. If
a man cannot do this thing, or if he will not, then he is not a man, and
he never will be.
"It is not that which he has that directly expresses the worth of a
man, but what he is."
- Henri Frederic Ameil
Little boys masquerading as men, shirking their responsibilities and
running from their mistakes disgust me. They call themselves men,
but they are barely human, barely alive. They are not men. They are
not fit to walk with the true men, men like my grandfather, and my
father, and one day, I hope, myself. They cannot hold their heads up
high, because deep inside they know the shame of their lives, and
even they cannot bear it. They feel it in the depths of their souls.
That is the worth of a man.
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