Do you know where you are?
Did you just look around a bit to make sure?
You are, right where you are. Aren’t you. Aren’t you?
Ok. Did it work? Are you thinking… “Where the heck am I?”
We need to stop once in awhile and collect our thoughts. My notebooks are starting to look like an overfull Easter basket!
Today’s note is a touchstone for my Emerging Man journey.
To let you know where I’m at.
This journey of mine started out with me looking for two things…
- My manhood and
- Success – what is it and can I be it.
It all started back in 2009, worked it’s way up to 2016, and steadily right up to today, July 2, 2019.
As I progressed in my quest to be a man, I discovered that I was… The Emerging Man. I started to write about my journey from that vantage point.
One thing I discovered about my being a man, is that I feel most manly when I am talking to one of my grown children, and they are asking for advice, or talking to me about what my thoughts are on a particular subject.
This leads me to number two – Success – when I am talking to my kids and feeling manly, or when I am writing… I also feel – SATISFIED. I’ve never felt satisfied before. It’s wonderful. I am starting to think that is at least a component of success.
As I continued to write as The Emerging Man, the idea of being A Definite Dad hit me, and so currently I am working on my next book… The Definite Dad.
I’ve also purchased a domain for another website… theemergingman.com, it will be a specific site for ‘manliness through dadness.’
Here is what I really want to share today… my logo, tag line, and drum beat for my new site.
Let me know what you think.
“Building Better Men by Being Better Dads”
“The Three E’s of Manhood”
Encourage – Every man, and dad, needs to know how to positively encourage his kid or kids. To give courage. To instill mental fortitude, and self confidence.
Equip – Every man, and dad, needs to know how to equip his kid or kids. To be able to give them knowledge or tools, actual tools, in order for them to be capable men (or women) in the world.
Engage – Every man, and dad, needs to engage his kid or kids. He has to be present. He has to be there, today, everyday. To engage with them, for them, and for him.
The logo colors aren’t set yet, it works with most combos so far though. Using black and blue a lot right now. A friend of mine once told me he dressed in black and blue as a reminder of how hard life can be before we get to heaven. I kinda liked that.
Just a quick update on the journey for you. Stay tuned.
Keep your eye’s peeled for the children’s book I will have out this summer…
“How Carter Got Better at Baseball!”
Have a blessed day, and enjoy your 4th of July!!!
My thoughts….worth only 2 bits..
It seems you are starting a bit from your perspective and building truth, rather than starting from truth to build your perspective.
You are saying true things, but mixed with your perspective.
You don’t have to be a Dad to be a man. If you can only obtain manliness thru Dadness some men won’t be able to follow your Emerging Man site.
You don’t have to have kids to be a man.
You don’t have to feel manly to be a man.
What do you need to be a man? How do you know if you have “Arrived”
“What do you need to be a man? How do you know if you have “Arrived””
Thanks for the input. Those are exactly some of the thoughts I want to encourage in those who find me, to have, as I have had the same questions.
Could I use your questions and input as a template for later articles (and revisiting some old ones) that touch on those topics you mention? In order to create specific articles that answer those questions more thoroughly.