Man + Maturing: Off the Prime

I recently posted a challenge where a few talented writers expressed why they write. Thanks to all of you. I’m compelled now to write about the things that I typically keep to myself, the things a truly love chewing on throughout any given day - the joys and pains of maturing.

My days of the “fearless warrior” are shrinking in the distance behind me, and the road before me... well it’s mostly gravel, undefined. I’m finding more and more value in the general things, and less in the particulars. The management of life, that’s a beautiful thing, a thing worthy of appreciation.

What’s manhood all about? That target is ever moving among pop culture. But a man would do good to tear away from the distractions that our world so graciously hosts, to decide for himself. And develop the moral courage to live it.

Id say... should an identity crisis consume my thoughts in midlife - let it be put down with the realization that the cultivation into a well-rounded man, that’s a unbridled and glorious path.

What do I know..? Just the thoughts of a regular guy.