Man up

Good to keep top of mind: No one gets out of here alive. Things will go wrong.

Colon therapy

The first of Richard Rohr’s Five Messages for Men is: Life is hard. The first of Buddha’s Four Noble Truths is: Life is suffering. The first sentence in Scott Peck’s bestselling “A Road Less Travelled” is: Life is difficult. So then: Loving life is welcoming what comes.

Fully revealed

How is he when things go wrong? Therein lies the litmus test.

Blasting bromides

We’ve endured difficulties. There’s more to come. Life is hard. That’s a fact.

Hero

“The true man is revealed in difficult times.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

It’s when things go wrong that stories are written and movies made.