Macho Guys Drinking Manly Beer
Let me be the first to admit publicly that I like beer. I drink it.
I also mow my own lawn and sometimes work with wrenches and hammers. So … I guess you could say I’ve got a bit of testosterone running through my blood.
If I were to steal a term from a Village People song, I’m a Macho, Macho Man” (the irony is not lost on me).
I also meditate.
I guess “some people” don’t associate machismo with meditation. Or at least that’s the feedback I’ve received … and it basically seems like that is a fair assessment. I will also admit that I’m a bit of a “closet meditator”. Which means basically that my wife is the only that knows I do meditate (excluding you, of course). WHY?
The honest answer is that “some people” (yes, the same some people from above) will think of me differently. Of course, that begs the question of “In what way”. Well … they might think me … less macho? … less manly?
Consider this a “coming out of the meditation closet” moment. And if anyone wants to challenge my masculinity or machismo, I’m willing to beat you up if that will change your opinion.
The reality is (I think) that manly men can benefit as much (if not more) than anyone from mindfulness meditation. WE are raised to provide for others, protect others and ourselves, be stoic and unemotional (well … most emotions). Many of us (let me be so bold as to speak for “many” men) hold internal dialogues versus external dialogues. This leads to mental traffic jams and congestion that mindfulness meditation helps remove.
Therefore, all macho men … try meditation and kick anyone’s ass who gives you crap about it.