You. Are. Essential.

Men, do you want to know the way to restore the value of your masculinity - in your homes, in your hearts, in your community and within culture and society? It is knowing that:

You.  Are.  Essential.

Knowing you are essential keeps you on the front lines of life.  It makes you show up and want to show up.  It secures your place here, and certifies your value and purpose -  in your relationships, in your very existence.  Knowing that you are essential allows your wife and your children to understand that they are better with you, as a result of you.  Being essential tells your boss and employees that you are irreplaceable.  Knowing you are essential keeps you active, in the game and ready to fight and defend. 

Consider your roles and responsibilities and who would take over in your absence.  The answer should be: no one.  

We have been confused by the pendulum swings of power regarding gender.  

Why is there even power struggle and war between the genders?

Why isn’t there complementing, encouraging, uplifting, supporting and celebrating? 

We are a single race of humanity and we need the strengths of both genders to identify and rise up against what is being called upon us to protect and defend our very species.  It is time to fight, but not against one another.  We are at war, but not against each other.

Our world is set at a very unnatural and dangerously fast moving pace.  This is causing us to lose sight of and to miss out what matters, what is important, what is vital.  

We are focusing: 

More on self than our relationships.

More on independence than interreliance.

More on vanity than health.

More on happiness than endurance. 

More on pleasure than faith. 

More on progress than preservation.

We are all feeling it.  We are all feeling the tension to want to move forward, but not without the things that really matter.  And to do this, takes incredible awareness, bravery and a desire to protect and conserve what is most important.

This is the Revolution.  This is the Restoration.  This is now.  

Men, you are leaders.  You were created and born to lead. We pulled you out of this role by threatening to take it over.  You fought us to give it up, and used the same tactics you would to defend your nations: aggression, suppression, war, violence and resentment. And when you learned that this strategy wasn’t effective, you didn’t surrender.  You gave up, in defeat. 

You forgot what you were protecting.  You forgot what you were defending.  You forgot that we are not your enemy.  We are your accomplice, your trench mates, your nurse, your partner, your support. And it seems women have forgotten this too.  

This is not intended to belittle women or progress.  I am a woman myself and I'm grateful to live in a time and a country where I feel safe and supported.  But I also recognize what is happening to our men, our marriages, families, and our hearts.  I see how it is all connected.  I see how we got here and where we are headed if we don’t adjust this trajectory. 

Men, we are on a precipice.  It’s now, or maybe never.  If you don’t step into your essential roles of knowing and understanding where you are critically needed, you will continue to be swallowed up by this sinkhole of human destiny.  And although we don’t want to believe it, if you go down, we all go down with you. 

So what is it going to take?  How do you join the Revolution?

Decide, unwaveringly, how you are essential and how essential you are. Know this so thoroughly that it becomes your identity.  Know what you provide. Know how to provide it and follow all the way through.  Look to no one to validate this on your behalf. Prove it to yourself by showing up strong, engaged and present, ready to reclaim what was stolen from you.  Ready to give back what you have taken. And preparing us to receive what we we so desperately need: 

Safety.  

Do all of this in through love.  Do all of this in a way that serves.  Serve your partner.  Serve the feminine.  Serve your family.  Serve your churches, your community.  Serve God.  Serve your souls. And never ever give up on fighting for what will allow us to survive. 

Please comment below and join the Revolution!