What It Means To Be A Man

[aeneas_atavus]

Sometimes you have to be the King and lead your people






Sometimes you got to be the Warrior and fight






Sometimes you have to use peace instead of force






Sometimes you got to be the Trickster and use your wits



Sometimes you are the Wise Elder



Sometimes you are the Magician of Transformation, the Power behind the throne whose sage advice can guide a Nation



Sometimes you are the Poet whose words can inspire throughout the centuries






Sometimes you are the Priest, the servant of the gods who aids the community





Sometimes you are the Lover










Sometimes you are the Mighty Hunter, the Wildman of the Woods






Sometimes you are the Father, the start of a line



Sometimes you are the Son






Ti amo mi hijo Richard xoxoxo

Sometimes you have to suffer and die for what you believe
and you rise to greatness, changing the world forever,
showing us that God is in every one of us...
What if God was one of us?









These are the men I am descended from
My grandfather Dominick, Rest in Peace Nono, Ti Amo



My dad John, I forgive you for a lot and I thank you for what you have given me



I don't have a picture of my Filipino grandfather Meliquades but I honor his memory now. Mahal Kitta Lolo.

This is me. I am King, Magician, Lover, Priest, Warrior, Hunter, Father, Son, Peacemaker, Wise Man and Poet rolled into one. So are we all....