Tx when you have some time ( not tonight - celebrate with your W) I'd love for you to tell me what u would say
I'd personalize it on the fly when I met him but basically it's my discussion about what it means to be a man. A good man. Being a good man is not the easier path. It's easier to be a bad man. A man without honor or integrity. A selfish man. That's a much "easier" path to follow than being a good man. An honorable man. A man of integrity. I'd ask him, however, to think about good men and bad men he has known in his life. Think about how he feels about them and how others feel about them. Think of traits that each display. Ask him what kind of man he wants to be. What does he want friends and family to think of him? When he is alone with just his thoughts, what does he want to think of himself?
From the minute we're born we all write the story of our lives. Everyone we'll ever know are characters in that story but we are the main character. Who type of character do we want to be in our life story, the hero or the villain?
They're just things I learned in the Marines and through life experience. Being a great man is hard work and none of us are perfect but we should work toward being the best men we can be every day of our lives.
Engaging in extra-marital affairs can never be part of being a good man. Affairs are full of lies, deceit, betrayal. People who would engage in such behavior of their own free will can never be good people. Their poor decisions, lies, betrayals, etc. will haunt them every minute of their lives. They'll engage in all sorts of other self-destructive behaviors to try and quiet their conscience but it will always be there haunting them until the minute they die. When we're on our deathbed who among us wants to look back and review their lives and think about what a horrible person they were. Who wants to carry that karma with them to the next phase?
If the jackass will just stop and think about these things even for 2 minutes, it might be enough for him to save his soul and the story of his life. Otherwise he's a lost soul and he'll be tormented by his own guilt for the rest of his existence.
