STOP HOPING FOR THE END

As I get older, there are some things you can never put off. I say that because, as I have found out, there is never going to be the "perfect time" to do the things that make you feel alive. Another way to look at this would be hoping for something to end so you could then be free to go after something you have always wanted. In this case, the thinking is flawed, as there will never be the right circumstance for you to go and do something you have always wanted to do. So in my piece today, I will take you through the chapter entitled Stop Hoping for a Completion of Anything in Life from the book The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida.

So if you are like many men or like me out there, you've grappled with either knowing what your right gift is or finding the time to do it. As I stated earlier, I will be sharing an idea from the book The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida. This book also happens to be a fascinating read, and I have read and reviewed it here on my channel; if you'd like to see that, you can find it here BOOK REVIEW.

Moving along, the chapter of my focus today in this book is the chapter entitled Stop Hoping for a Completion of Anything in Life. This chapter's simple message, in my own words, is as a man to not put off what you or your heart is nagging at you to do and do it now.

From the top, this chapter instills in us to start spending at least one hour a day doing what you feel called to do and do it right away. Of course, as a man, you may have numerous obligations from a job, family, or church, etc. Yet the case given here is that you should not let even these things impeded you. The chapter states

"Limited money and family obligations have never stopped a man who really wanted to do something, although they provide excuses for a man who is not really up to the creative challenge in the first place."

Proceeding in this manner will empower you and your gift as well as when you go to sleep, you will know you could not have lived a day with more courage, creativity, and giving.

As we continue, we as men may wrestle with our woman and wish, hope, and want things to be different. Yet as the book states, this is what we should do.

"Don't wait. Assume she's going to be; however, she is forever. If your woman's behavior or mood is truly intolerable to you, you should leave her and don't look back (since you cannot change her). However, if you find her behavior or mood is merely distasteful or a hassle, realize that she will always be this way."

Furthermore, the book goes on to state that one should.

"Learn to find humor in the unending emotional drama the feminine seems to enjoy so much. The love that you magnify may realign her behavior, but your effort to fix her and your frustration never will."

Lastly, to bring home the point of not waiting for completion home and becoming a man of substance takes time and dedication, and the willingness to see life like this.

"Men who have lived meaningful lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or woman. Feel what you want to give most as a gift to your woman and the world, and do what you can to give it today. Every moment waited is a moment wasted, and each wasted moment degrades your clarity of purpose."