Today there are few rites of passage that transition boys through these struggles, and little external urgency in ensuring they learn to protect and provide.
Although often painful, and sometimes nightmarish, rights of passage were psychologically useful. They are amongst the many traditions that we have, or are foolishly laying aside. (Like male/female, even an insect effectively knows what sex it is.)
But men would do well to remember that the itch for challenge is embedded in their blood, and that they will not find ultimate fulfillment in the absence of labor, conflict, striving.
Well put. It is folly to lounge.
>Today there are few rites of passage that transition boys through these struggles, and little external urgency in ensuring they learn to protect and provide.
Although often painful, and sometimes nightmarish, rights of passage were psychologically useful. They are amongst the many traditions that we have, or are foolishly laying aside. (Like male/female, even an insect effectively knows what sex it is.)
>But men would do well to remember that the itch for challenge is embedded in their blood, and that they will not find ultimate fulfillment in the absence of labor, conflict, striving.
Well put. It is folly to lounge.
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