The differences between being a man and a boy is your ability to face what life hands you.
My nephew has a chance at a good paying job but it is 1200 miles from home and it presents other lifestyle changes to him.
At the age of 32 he is nervous and excited.
I told him he shouldn't be.
I explained to him that he has been living his life as a boy and it was time to leave all of that behind.
In his life he needs daily contact with a great number of his friends, he needs to 'hang out' with people, he needs to idle away his time in the company of others, he needs constant reassurance of his value. This is the life of American youth.
I explained to him that as a man he should go about his life doing his business. He should live among people not live as part of a group.
I pointed out that 'hanging out' was something that people with nothing to do, no money and no direction did.
People who live life do not 'hang out', they might visit other people, they might go places with other people, they might do things with other people, but they don't have a need to just be around their friends as much as possible.
I also explained to him that as a man he could just face the challenge of his opportunity and take care of things. As a boy he is anxious and afraid and unsure.
You're not an adult when you pay your own bills or live on your own. Those are mundane tasks in our society that are not too demanding.
You're an adult when you can deal with things effectively and rationally without the help of others.
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karma
A friend was looking forward to attending her class reunion with great anticipation.
She even worked it out so that she could bring a sister, who knew everyone there, so that her husband would have someone to talk to while she danced with her old friends. You see, he doesn't dance.
Well sister is a little off the wall and, well, she really made an impression on everyone at the party.
Said and did lots of things that she shouldn't have. Embarrassed the hell out of my friend.
Probably won't attend the next reunion.
Of course this was just karma in action.
If her husband danced then nothing like this would have happened. Sister would not have been there.
I told her I would take dancing lessons with her.
She even worked it out so that she could bring a sister, who knew everyone there, so that her husband would have someone to talk to while she danced with her old friends. You see, he doesn't dance.
Well sister is a little off the wall and, well, she really made an impression on everyone at the party.
Said and did lots of things that she shouldn't have. Embarrassed the hell out of my friend.
Probably won't attend the next reunion.
Of course this was just karma in action.
If her husband danced then nothing like this would have happened. Sister would not have been there.
I told her I would take dancing lessons with her.
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