The Epidemic of Male Loneliness
Our culture subliminally tells men that they need family and a job…but friends? Why do close male friends seem so WEIRD to us today?
Our culture subliminally tells men that they need family and a job…but friends? Why do close male friends seem so WEIRD to us today?
Every relationship is essentially an experiment in how real, raw and honest you can be in front of this other person.
There are three ENORMOUS ways you can help out!
This is for the wild ones.
I prefer a theology that pulls your hair behind your ears when you’re drunk (again) because it loves you as you are, not as you should be.
We can each name half a dozen songs about being alone in a crowded room, or maybe while sitting next to a lover, but is that really loneliness?
Try this step.
Works every time.
The cure for loneliness has little to do with our external circumstances and almost everything to do with the weather going on inside of us. Michael Cusick describes it this way: “When you are empty, being alone with yourself is almost always a scary thing. But when you are full, it’s almost always a joy—like being with a good friend.”