Fire in the Belly

"Almost without exception the women came because they realized that after a lifetime of trying to relate to men they still didn't understand them." - Sam Keen

This passage from Fire in the Belly gave me an unexpected reaction, I got angry. I wanted to shout out that women have no right to understand men, you will never understand me! You have treated me so poorly! Immediately I was mindful of my anger and looked deeper. I realized that this reaction is at the heart of what I am trying to do as a human being in my life right now; embody myself so deeply that no one can take it away.

I realize that I have been deeply scarred by women, my mind and compassion have been abused and taken for granted, my body and spirit unappreciated...my existence as a man, a male, a sex of an entire species has been wholly overlooked. My goal is to embody my own individual spirit of manhood, to feel a faith in myself that courses through my veins. To live a life of love, compassion, questioning, wisdom and beauty and to feel a part, just a fraction, of what is possible of all men on this planet. When I embody these things better, hold them dearer and closer, anger will have no place, for it will no longer be needed for protection. I will feel a Fire in my Belly, which I have felt before, and I will do the best humanly possible to be the change I want to see in the world and love all beings and feel beauty in every moment as it radiates from me with warm, powerful energy.