I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
To be a man it doesn't mean nearly what many imagine.
To be a man It doesn't necessarily mean always being the center of attention whether you have something to say or not.
To be a man It means being responsible and fair to yourself first, then to those around you.
To be a man It means having the strength to admit when you are wrong and being able to honestly say: "forgive me."
To be a man It doesn't mean showing your strength by hitting the woman next to you because she touched your pride.
To be a man It doesn't mean looking physically perfect while forgetting to value the neurons in your head.
To be a man It doesn't mean arriving home at midnight and taking out your frustrations on your girlfriend, wife, or children.
To be a man It doesn't mean hiding to show your feelings to the world.
To be a man It means understanding that manhood does not mean superiority, and the woman next to you is automatically an incompetent who is never right.
To be a man It doesn't mean never crying.
To be a man It means that after every moment of shedding tears, you realize the mistakes you made and that this helps you change for the better.
To be a man It doesn't mean being an insensitive person who never cares about the person next to them.
To be a man It means offering understanding to your loved one.
Being a man means a lot. It means being everything that many are not today. In which the man has become everything but less "MAN".
