The Importance of Men

Whether you want to admit it or not, men are very important in a woman's life. They shape her personality, outlook towards life and give her the courage to go out into the world and achieve impossible feats.

I'm grateful to be surrounded by all the strong men in my life - my father, my brother, my late grandfather, and even my stubborn little son.

I'm either constantly fighting with all of them or agreeing to everything they say. There's no in-between. I haven't taken a single life changing decision without consulting with them first. 

While my late grandfather applauded my little victories loudly, my father pushes me to do better every day, my brother tries very hard to teach me diplomacy and my little boy firmly stands his ground when we have a disagreement at home.

Perhaps my brain has been transformed into a pressure cooker of sorts or I've moulded myself into a lean, mean, fighting machine. (Just going to chuckle for 10 solid seconds in my head now).

As I was saying, it's extremely important as a woman to have some sort of a working relationship with all the men in your life. They're bold, fearless and strong. Those are values we must definitely imbibe in our lives as well. 

I've been told by my closest girlfriends that I'm in my masculine energy more than my feminine, especially since my husband passed away over 3 years ago. I honestly don't see how that's a bad thing. 

To all the strong men in our lives, let's cheer them everyday and give them a genuine listen, whenever they make sense of course.