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Sunday, March 29, 2009
What Is In A Man?
It is once said to me; "You are a male by birth but a man only by choice". Many things makes a man a man. He is perceived mainly by his character and deeds. However, what it meant being manly in character and manly in deeds sometimes is open to subjective interpretations. In the course of my life I have pondered on many issues, but the summary of all things pondered is simply how to be a better person and live a fuller life.
Hello, and welcome. If you are visiting my blog for the first time, I am Michael Kuan. If you are back after a long time, apologies for staying silent for so long, there were many distractions that hindered me from posting.
Back to my initial question. What makes a man truly a man? Is it his chivalry or his resolution to stay noble? Is faithfulness and steadfastness to his responsibilities a pre-requisite? Or is it all of the above and plus more, many many more? Every individual is responsible to carve out his or her own destiny. We have to make sense of a gamut of unsolicited information and digest highly sought after opinions. What is the left for us to do is simply to decide and act on what we make out of them.
Here lies my problem, I cannot seem to make up my mind clearly what I am getting out of the words of "wise sages". The choices I have to make from the good and bad teachings not only would decide if I would reach by first objective (to become a better person) but also directly affect my love ones and friends. Thus, what I may consider to be a manly attribute must stand up to the accountability of consequences by my peers and even the society at large.
Have said much about nothing and everything a man should or should not be, I came to arrive at a really simple conclusion. That is a man is a man by the choices he makes. And when you see one, you know him immediately.
Hello, and welcome. If you are visiting my blog for the first time, I am Michael Kuan. If you are back after a long time, apologies for staying silent for so long, there were many distractions that hindered me from posting.
Back to my initial question. What makes a man truly a man? Is it his chivalry or his resolution to stay noble? Is faithfulness and steadfastness to his responsibilities a pre-requisite? Or is it all of the above and plus more, many many more? Every individual is responsible to carve out his or her own destiny. We have to make sense of a gamut of unsolicited information and digest highly sought after opinions. What is the left for us to do is simply to decide and act on what we make out of them.
Here lies my problem, I cannot seem to make up my mind clearly what I am getting out of the words of "wise sages". The choices I have to make from the good and bad teachings not only would decide if I would reach by first objective (to become a better person) but also directly affect my love ones and friends. Thus, what I may consider to be a manly attribute must stand up to the accountability of consequences by my peers and even the society at large.
Have said much about nothing and everything a man should or should not be, I came to arrive at a really simple conclusion. That is a man is a man by the choices he makes. And when you see one, you know him immediately.
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