THE MALE WAY OF FEELING We live in a time when the power of the feminine is rising. This is a necessary and important balancing of the scales. Our health as men and women depends on healing much that centuries of patriarchy have damaged. But men need to be aware that, during the past few decades, women have been carrying much of the feeling world for the whole family. Our mothers, not our fathers, taught us how to feel. There’s nothing wrong with that, but we have much to gain from learning the male way of feeling as well. Men need to rediscover and accept, not deny and repress, their own range of feelings. At its best, my male emotion comes in calm, collected, and considered feelings, sometimes feelings that are expressed only at the end of a volatile exchange of depth and discernment. To witness such a beautiful balance, such emotional control, is to know that such a way of feeling is possible, and that it is both masculine and healthy. ----Father Richard Rohr (On the Threshold of Transformation)
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:49:13 +0000
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