True Manliness by James F. Clarke (A Powerful Speech for Young Men)

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025

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  • @KinevKeiwan
    @KinevKeiwan 3 года назад +1627

    I needed to hear that.
    I do not have a father who told me how to be a good man.
    I had books. I had stories. I have dead fathers who tought me beyond their graves.
    Thank you for giving them a voice to speak to their unkown sons, for they have no one to turn to.
    This gave me hope. Thank you.

    • @Stan-lf4nz
      @Stan-lf4nz 3 года назад +20

      You have a heavenly Father.. Jesus.

    • @red8527
      @red8527 3 года назад +24

      @@Stan-lf4nz The heavenly father is God, not Jesus.

    • @KinevKeiwan
      @KinevKeiwan 3 года назад +12

      @@Stan-lf4nz Heel is right. Jesus is the messenger, the holy spirit the community and God our father. :3

    • @axelsprangare2579
      @axelsprangare2579 3 года назад +9

      True manliness is heroism and giving without expecting to be getting anything back.

    • @ObiNgorima
      @ObiNgorima 3 года назад +7

      @@red8527 Don't force your belief on other people. Stay with what you belief and let them also be.

  • @nimarus3118
    @nimarus3118 3 года назад +512

    This video made me think about my Dad. He was always imposing when I was a child. Not in a bad way. He seemed like someone who was best not to be angered. Who would fight off a bear with his bare hands if he had to in order to protect me. As a child, he seemed strong, likely due to the physical demands of his work. But he was nurturing and always encouraged me to walk a righteous path. When our community couldn't find a Santa Claus for the Christmas Party, he reluctantly volunteered to put on the suit and play the roll. In the end, he enjoyed it, maybe more than we realized. He volunteered every year since. Every December 1st, he would sit outside our local pharmacy to collect donations of cash or toys. He took the role seriously. Always suiting up before going to a Christmas Party. Never wanting to risk a child seeing Santa without his beard. He did this for many years, ensuring there was always ample toys so every child got several presents. He would visit the children in the neighborhood as Santa, especially families in financial hardships. He worked with our Non-Profit organizations to improve our community. When he did a charitable act, he never asked for payment. As Santa, he would simply ask them to donate toys or money, never setting a price. He only asked them to offer an amount they could, though he never asked anything of the poor.
    Then came Covid. Dad disappeared from the public, they didn't know why. They figured due to Covid Lockdowns, he must have felt it best to stay home and not possibly spread the virus. In truth, he contracted Covid in Mid to early November from his best friend. By the 22nd or 23rd, he was in the hospital. By this time, we all tested positive for Covid and isolated until the beginning of December. Those in the community knew what was happening and offered any assistance to Mom. Dad eventually went onto a ventilator. By December 14th, his brain was starved of oxygen due to viral fluid building up in his lungs. Care was withdrawn and family was actually allowed to be there as he passed away from this world.
    Mom called the local pharmacy, who didn't know about Dad's condition and that he passed. They said many of their employees, and regular customers, have been asking where he was. Everyone was saddened. They put out a board explaining what had happened and why Dad sat outside as Santa every year. So many left donations of cash. Some, including employees there, purchased toys and donated them too. The Manager at Walgreens even donated toys in Dad's memory. Letters of condolences and donations in Dad's memory came in almost every day. We were worried if we would have enough toys for the next Christmas Party. I can say now that our supply of toys is overflowing.
    He was an example of how to be a real man. I can only hope that I can grow into a man who is worthy of filling his shoes.

    • @spaceatom6844
      @spaceatom6844 3 года назад +33

      I think I could say in the name of all here that your Dad was a real example, you had an exemplar and extraordinary father to inspire by. Now let him proud of what man you are become

    • @hasnainqureshi3773
      @hasnainqureshi3773 3 года назад +16

      Your dad was great
      Live up to his legacy

    • @brok56
      @brok56 2 года назад +12

      Son of a gun, this made me break.
      He was a man.

    • @electricboogaloo6917
      @electricboogaloo6917 2 года назад +9

      One of the good things or maybe even the only one of seeing a good man pass away is seeing just how much joy and kindness he brought upon the world and how many will remember him with a smile etched upon their hearts, to see that such men still exist is the only beacon of hope to our species, there is good inside all of us and letting it out is a choise.
      Some men become legends not for their migth or their accomplishments, they become legends because of their kindness.
      I shall offer a toast in honor of your father who embodied a Santa that Children could look up to, as a man and as great father and I hope, one day I will be half the man he was.

    • @arthurradley4423
      @arthurradley4423 2 года назад +5

      You had a good Daddy it sounds like. There needs to be more men like him today in this world we live in. It would for sure be a better place. May God bless you and your family.

  • @Chris-ji4iu
    @Chris-ji4iu 3 года назад +511

    Kindness, honesty, integrity, courage ...values which are sorely missing from many today.

    • @stankygeorge
      @stankygeorge 3 года назад +3

      When they turn seventeen, take them down to the recruiter and sign them up for military duty!

    • @ex-x7079
      @ex-x7079 3 года назад +3

      Currently lacking in the courage but I am trying to change because vI want to.

    • @Adrian_Real
      @Adrian_Real 3 года назад +7

      @@ex-x7079 Do not give up - ever. Whatever challenges you have, they were designed for you to conquer. It may feel like you're not progressing. It may feel like you're hopeless. It may feel like you can't do it. Keep going. I know darkness, crippling pain, and feelings of utter perilous hopelessness. If you continue, the person you are today will die to give birth to who you really are. KEEP GOING!!!

    • @ex-x7079
      @ex-x7079 3 года назад +2

      @@Adrian_Real you have no idea how convenient that was for me now.

    • @ex-x7079
      @ex-x7079 3 года назад +1

      @@Adrian_Real just got shot down by a woman who I thought was genuinely interested.

  • @jeremy4663
    @jeremy4663 3 года назад +1837

    I just turned 35 - not sure if I'm really a "young man" anymore, and who this poem is for, but this speech cleared up a lot of toxicity in my mind. Thanks - it was beautiful.

    • @bettermanchannel770
      @bettermanchannel770 3 года назад +13

      Toxicity, care to provide an example?

    • @MasteryOrder
      @MasteryOrder 3 года назад +37

      Never stop pursuing to become the best man that you can be. As challenging as it may seem to be to pursue manhood in today climate with all the bad references to it and not many role models, being a man means also facing challenges, regardless of what these may be.
      I wish you strength and willpower to pursue such a goal, and discipline to not stop when you will face difficulties.
      All the best to you!

    • @jeremy4663
      @jeremy4663 3 года назад +52

      @@bettermanchannel770 the toxicity being not focusing on protecting the weak. Using your strength to help people and the opposite being using your strength to enforce your own opinions

    • @bettermanchannel770
      @bettermanchannel770 3 года назад +24

      @@jeremy4663 I like that man, stay directed and best wishes

    • @jeremy4663
      @jeremy4663 3 года назад +7

      But these are just my own opinions, of course

  • @victor.d6380
    @victor.d6380 3 года назад +1569

    It takes courage to be a kind man .

    • @walkitoff.
      @walkitoff. 3 года назад +67

      100%. Any asshole can cause pain, it takes courage to even try to remove pain from the world.

    • @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA
      @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA 3 года назад +5

      Kind? Lol what are you millennial? If you took kindness out of this video.. debile.

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +3

      @@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA really?
      debil?.. 😈

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +8

      @@walkitoff. amen..
      Definetly against the grain, of this, the current social tide..
      A truly Free person is derided

    • @walkitoff.
      @walkitoff. 3 года назад +4

      @@lovealways2609 yeah it's almost like a kind of detachment from the consequences of our actions

  • @raidedarts7111
    @raidedarts7111 3 года назад +1559

    "True manliness is tender and loving. False manliness, cold and hard" Very wise words from this True Man.

    • @alexismartinez4225
      @alexismartinez4225 3 года назад +140

      There is a time to be tender and loving and there is a time to be cold and hard
      It’s a mixture of both

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +40

      @@alexismartinez4225 amen..
      it takes manly wisdom, to know the difference, and when and how to implement..
      being a real man is an awesomely fulfilling adventure

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +13

      *of course, the softer, kinder, more compassionate manly side should be exercised exponentially more than the other..

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +28

      *cold and hard toward injustice and ruthlessness..

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 3 года назад +11

      It depends on the situation

  • @kn0234n
    @kn0234n 2 года назад +134

    This poem is not just for young, but for all men. It takes time to be a true man.

    • @teh_Hiko
      @teh_Hiko 2 месяца назад +2

      indeed it does my friend. Wise words.

  • @TopsideCrisis346
    @TopsideCrisis346 3 года назад +628

    The difference between toxic masculinity and wholesome masculinity, made plain. It is vital this generation remember that masculinity itself is not toxic, and that a good nation is built and defended by good men.

    • @UnbiasedTruth..
      @UnbiasedTruth.. 2 года назад +1

      Toxic masculinity does not exist. What's the hallmark of TM that can not be expressed by women? Wake tf up

    • @ActionAndAcceleration
      @ActionAndAcceleration 2 года назад +77

      There's no such thing as toxic masculinity man... "That appalling phrase".
      There's only bad behavior

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 2 года назад +1

      Toxic masculinity does not exist. There is merely masculinity, and cruelty disguising itself as masculinity.

    • @apexlifeismine100
      @apexlifeismine100 2 года назад +1

      Amen brother

    • @projectterranova
      @projectterranova 2 года назад +23

      @@ActionAndAcceleration Exactly. As Bedros Keuilian said (paraphrase), "There is no such thing as toxic masculinity, there is only toxicity and masculinity."

  • @johnfoster2447
    @johnfoster2447 3 года назад +160

    I'm 61 and gained a lot from this. I think sometimes we need these words even more as we grow older. Reminders of how we should be as good men. Examples for the younger.

    • @hellomynameiszack
      @hellomynameiszack 3 года назад +10

      100% agree! Man benefits from reminders.
      All the best in your life.

    • @stankygeorge
      @stankygeorge 3 года назад +3

      The young no longer listen to their elders, due to their public school brainwashing and lack of a father, no a Bo Dyke cannot be a substitute for a father no more than a man can be a substitute for a mother!

  • @ash8207
    @ash8207 3 года назад +24

    True wisdom that is as relevant today as ever. Too many toxic, arrogant macho men out there these days who think they're "real men" but in truth are cowards & bullies. Thank you for sharing this inspiring truth!

    • @serafinhumberto6090
      @serafinhumberto6090 3 года назад

      lol your name sounds like a woman 😂if you are you have no right to talk about men focused on your own gender

    • @stynershiner1854
      @stynershiner1854 3 года назад +1

      @@serafinhumberto6090 Learn English before trying to put down somebody. It is "your", and not "you're".

    • @wastelandgames9409
      @wastelandgames9409 2 года назад +3

      I agree my father is a coward who says he's a real man when all he does is beat and berate me and my mom

  • @lumumbachooye8352
    @lumumbachooye8352 3 года назад +163

    The greatest want of the world is the want of men, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who cannot be bought or sold, men who do not fear to call sin by it's right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as a needle is to the pole, men who would stand for the right though the heavens would fall
    Ellen G White

    • @serpentinewolf7085
      @serpentinewolf7085 3 года назад +4

      Well shit, didn’t realize I was a man.

    • @VergilSFD
      @VergilSFD 3 года назад +7

      Exquisite.

    • @satownrules
      @satownrules 3 года назад +4

      You beat me to it my brother. God Bless!

    • @wastelandgames9409
      @wastelandgames9409 2 года назад

      @@serpentinewolf7085 that's something I've noticed too being masculine is really just being a good person meaning anyone man or woman can do so

  • @gentlemangel5787
    @gentlemangel5787 3 года назад +72

    This speech should be shown to every young man in the world

    • @ukulkarni
      @ukulkarni 3 года назад

      Half of it will be labeled "toxic masculinity". It is time now for men to realize that they need to take care of themselves as the society treats them as disposable.

  • @RealWise92
    @RealWise92 6 месяцев назад +4

    "Loneliness is the price you pay when you start to improve yourself."
    They're truly golden words❤🎉👍

  • @morethan3756
    @morethan3756 3 года назад +180

    And a man, a man provides. And he does it even when he's not appreciated, or respected, or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he's a man.
    - Gus Fring

    • @jackjonmonaghan8758
      @jackjonmonaghan8758 3 года назад +4

      Brilliant.

    • @123571321
      @123571321 3 года назад +20

      I like how no one notices the true purpose of that phrase.
      Just as with any man, appealing to selflessness is manipulation.
      Gus wanted to manipulate Walter into staying. To keep working as the mule, I mean male, he was being told he is, even when said definition was detrimental. There's no denial in the negativity of Walter, but pretending that little phrase was virtuous is disingenuous or ignorant. Choose whichever fits your case guys.

    • @ruanoosthuizen6084
      @ruanoosthuizen6084 3 года назад +5

      To be a man is to bear responsibility of all the heaviest things.

    • @teetor4293
      @teetor4293 3 года назад +2

      Walter White

    • @tdf123emcee2
      @tdf123emcee2 3 года назад +4

      @@ruanoosthuizen6084 I believe that's applicable to all human beings within our physical and mental capabilities. My mother was the sole bearer of the responsabilities in my family because my father died, and she brought us out of poverty. She is not physically strong as a man, overworked hours and messed up her back. What I am trying to say here, is that as long as you face up your responsibilities in life man or woman with a partner or not, you will be as much as a man as the poem describes. You have to aspire to be a better human being. Recognizing your weaknesses and strengths, and finding value in them. Your self steem will help you avoid people that take advantage of you and your weakness will help you be kind to others who are not strong at the things you are.
      PD: my mother is doing better now.

  • @johnh6679
    @johnh6679 Год назад +9

    I had the honor of having a role model that taught me this. He was a bodybuilder and could easily by look be considered one of false manliness. But I never have met anyone so quick to stand for those looked down on and protect the weak. And when I sent him this video and said it reminded me of him it made him cry. Thank you Rudy, for showing me when I was young what a man should be❤️

  • @motor4027
    @motor4027 3 года назад +19

    "Strive to be better than your former self, not your fellow man." - the wise, the kind, and the old

  • @jonahstephens2904
    @jonahstephens2904 3 года назад +140

    This, along with "If-" by Rudyard Kipling and TR's "The Man in the Arena," is now easily one of my favorites on this channel. On top of all those being wonderful messages, the narrator is phenomenal. God, I wish I had a voice like Shane Morris!

    • @forresywoolum9136
      @forresywoolum9136 3 года назад +1

      👍😉

    • @ppsailo
      @ppsailo 3 года назад +2

      Please listen to Desiderata poem also my fav.

  • @bettermanchannel770
    @bettermanchannel770 3 года назад +42

    Yes sir, may the age of man bring a refreshing breath. Stay strong men

  • @RobG811
    @RobG811 3 года назад +570

    A Man
    by Edgar Albert Guest
    A man doesn't whine at his losses.
    A man doesn't whimper and fret,
    Or rail at the weight of his crosses
    And ask life to rear him a pet.
    A man doesn't grudgingly labor
    Or look upon toil as a blight;
    A man doesn't sneer at his neighbor
    Or sneak from a cause that is right.
    A man doesn't sulk when another
    Succeeds where his efforts have failed;
    Doesn't keep all his praise for the brother
    Whose glory is publicly hailed;
    And pass by the weak and the humble
    As though they were not of his clay;
    A man doesn't ceaselessly grumble
    When things are not going his way.
    A man looks on woman as tender
    And gentle, and stands at her side
    At all times to guard and defend her,
    And never to scorn or deride.
    A man looks on life as a mission.
    To serve, just so far as he can;
    A man holds his noblest ambition
    On earth is to live as a man.

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +12

      nothing wrong with anything you just wrote..
      High ideals.. but, very worthy ones.. amen..

    • @johnz8843
      @johnz8843 3 года назад +11

      Your author's poem is better than what was read imo.

    • @grandmasterdong8820
      @grandmasterdong8820 3 года назад +13

      I agree with everything you wrote besides that woman part

    • @rockyp3917
      @rockyp3917 3 года назад +2

      This one is better

    • @appointmentnow6255
      @appointmentnow6255 3 года назад +6

      But my friend who cares about "better"? Does this mean, by your perspective, that we toss the video in the trash? They both have valuable insights that hopefully each individual viewer is prudent enough and experienced enough to grab what is true. But discernment is sold separately.

  • @Brewcityking
    @Brewcityking Год назад +3

    May every man that hears this at their moment of need be safe, loved, respected and cared for the way we as men should do for all.

  • @zeonardozavinci3117
    @zeonardozavinci3117 3 года назад +35

    I lost someone in my life that told me the reason they were leaving me is because I'm a Boy, less than a Man and that they were looking for a real Man. Today having listened to this amazing and powerful speech I realize that for a long while I've been a Man for a while I've been living by the Code of True Manliness. My Mother is an amazing woman who thought me all my values and I should've realized that at that moment. Thank you for this.

    • @bdc211
      @bdc211 3 года назад +4

      i resonate with this!!! 👍👍
      Steadfast!!!

    • @talkingthoughts7595
      @talkingthoughts7595 3 года назад +11

      I am with you man. I was called weak and whiny by my family of origin, yet they benefited immensely from my nurturing and forgiving nature. My ex also preferred a manly man because I wouldn't hit her back or engage in verbal and emotional manipulation which she perpetrates on me and our children. Good friends, therapy, and my Christian faith rescued me and opened my eyes to whom I really am. Seeking true knowledge of self, as difficult as it is, is a long, painful but worthwhile experience. You've got to be brave to embark on it.

    • @shanegaffey9257
      @shanegaffey9257 2 года назад

      Appointment.Point of ori

  • @AlecGunterTTV
    @AlecGunterTTV 2 года назад +47

    "Such men in their homes and their private life have a womanly gentleness."
    Don't often hear lines like this from people who preach masculinity. I very much appreciate and applaud it.

  • @ikshakranti6582
    @ikshakranti6582 3 года назад +21

    True manliness is one that nurtures, false manliness is one that destroys.

    • @mickeyguide3112
      @mickeyguide3112 3 года назад +3

      of course, any imbecile can destroy. It takes a lot more to be able to take care of others with true love. What this man is talking about is actually what it means to be a good, strong human being. It is very hard, granted. We are spirits in a body. The weak spirit is the one that is the cold and rude etc. It's also the one that falls easily into temptations and is deceived. It is called the 'Fool' in the Bible. Hardest thing is to stay calm and caring to everyone when life's storms hits you repeatedly, in situations where everyone else would freak out. True manliness is to stay calm and calm and care others when those storms hits you. Only then you'll be able to grow.

  • @jackjonmonaghan8758
    @jackjonmonaghan8758 3 года назад +102

    This poem is perfect. This is the man I want to become.

    • @victor.d6380
      @victor.d6380 3 года назад +8

      And you will become such a man .

    • @rafreyes1190
      @rafreyes1190 3 года назад +7

      🥂

    • @rushiljain6541
      @rushiljain6541 3 года назад +15

      Be kind but hold the potential to be dangerous against the wrong. Only if you are this way, people will respect your kindness, otherwise it will be considered just weakness, and it is

    • @regnisj5993
      @regnisj5993 2 года назад +1

      God Bless You

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 2 года назад

      "I aspire to be a slave"
      This is why we're doomed.

  • @skipeveryday7282
    @skipeveryday7282 3 года назад +18

    I was fortunate enough to be taught this philosophy by my late father.

  • @MosesRabuka
    @MosesRabuka 3 года назад +363

    “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways” ~ 1 Cor 13:11

  • @jasonzacharias2150
    @jasonzacharias2150 2 года назад +5

    Now manliness to some means ignoring oppression while becoming an profitable oppressor... Amazing speech, whoever is reading this, good luck out there, God bless and keep you as you spread love in this world, peace be with you friends...

  • @Recoome_Kick
    @Recoome_Kick 3 года назад +12

    I am in no meaning of true manliness but only a worthless being who doesn’t truly know on how to be kind & caring, thank you for this video it help me think a lot.

    • @nattvaktenphotography
      @nattvaktenphotography 3 года назад +5

      First steps are to learn your faults, then it's just the lifelong journey to rise above them. There is never a perfect man but any man have a chance to die and be remembered as a good man.

    • @JM-sr5ct
      @JM-sr5ct 3 года назад +2

      @@nattvaktenphotography ….Well said. 🙏🏼

    • @nattvaktenphotography
      @nattvaktenphotography 3 года назад

      @@JM-sr5ct Ty.

  • @chich6744
    @chich6744 3 года назад +24

    Since watching this channel's videos my life has changed drastically I'm better at think and taking action I'm wiser i control my emotions better, I'm so thankful I found this channel

  • @ChristianMotivationMedia
    @ChristianMotivationMedia 3 года назад +118

    👑In a world full of anxieties, this verse is for you tonight, “I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.” Psalms 4:8

  • @clevertrevor8727
    @clevertrevor8727 2 года назад +6

    I always felt the same. Real men stand up for what's right and protect Women. We have the love of humanity in our Hearts. Any Man who hurts Women is a Coward. And I will fight them.

  • @seth956
    @seth956 Год назад +5

    A man follows the Truth no matter what the outcome. If he shall lose his possessions, his livlihood, status, family and even his own life; he stays the narrow path. People will ridicule him, spit on him, tear at his flesh and he will stand firm because his foundation is unshakeable.

  • @edwardaldridge2640
    @edwardaldridge2640 3 года назад +8

    Those are some of the most powerful words I’ve ever heard spoken. I’m not going to stop thinking about this

  • @mrwyattsl
    @mrwyattsl 2 года назад +8

    True manliness is conquering oneself by becoming one with the monster inside all of us! Choices have consequences!! Pray you make the right choice!!!

  • @businesselves6332
    @businesselves6332 3 года назад +7

    True manliness is when you are ready to evaporate as a life today, for the sake of other lives. It is when you can consume all within the scope of "now", and with that consumption, are able to produce an insight of the best possible tomorrow. It is the discipline, to execute all actions required to fulfill the prerequisites of shaping the future according to the insight gathered.
    In a simple sentence, it is to be on the front for mankind, with the awareness of our now and a drive to creating the best possible tomorrow. Any man doing this, is at the peak of masculinity.

  • @grizzbane6091
    @grizzbane6091 3 года назад +7

    I have those struggles now, im not really a kind person nor do I feel a lot of empathy. But I've been trying to learn to be humble and less angry. I pray on it sometimes when I remember to pray. I have my demons and my temptations that I battle daily but I dont give up. I need to conquer those before I can learn humility and kindness. I do protect the weak wherever possible and stand for what is right. And Im learning and practicing holding my tongue. I did not have a great father or older brother so Im having to learn these things at 33. Its tough but I have a good woman who teaches me these things. But at times I feel we are polar opposites on issues. Which brings up my bitter side and my decisions on matters leans to the violent side whereas she leans on the non confrontational side. But she is very empathetic and sympathetic and kind. So she calms me down many times. I have a long way to go but with every year that passes Im getting better.

  • @PatrickGraven
    @PatrickGraven 3 года назад +16

    A person's worth is measured by the worth of what they value. I believe in working hard for what means the most to you. To put your time, energy and passion all in for what's important to you.

  • @sheshinesbrightlikeadiamond
    @sheshinesbrightlikeadiamond 3 года назад +5

    I love these words for the men out there. This bit of writing has had a calming effect on me today. I've had the pleasure of knowing a few men who may have read this message! Men are lovely too.

  • @samrat447
    @samrat447 3 года назад +11

    Thank you Redfrost Motivation for reviving in me the love of poetry. I am getting to know of so many poets and their works that I did not know existed. As far as this poem is concerned I cannot believe that The poet passed away in 1880. His words are so relevant today.

  • @billiondollarsclub8011
    @billiondollarsclub8011 3 года назад +98

    The dear person that's reading this, we don't know each other but I wish you all the best in life❤ don't ever blame yourself, accept things and go forward. Your smile is precious and a key to a happy life...

    • @all.gemeiner4303
      @all.gemeiner4303 Год назад

      The same to you my friend. God bless you.

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Год назад

      Thank you, may God protect you and provide you comfort.

    • @stingtran5621
      @stingtran5621 9 месяцев назад

      God bless you my fellows

  • @jonmays9779
    @jonmays9779 Год назад +9

    I have a special needs daughter who is to strong for my wife alone. And because of this, I'm a stay at home dad while my wife works. Many "successful "rich men and women have told me I'm not a man because I stay home to watch my children while my wife works.
    These "successful men/women" that have told me this. No longer have a relationship with their children or family. Is that what a successful life is to people? To be alone and angry and prideful?
    Success is doing the best you can for others. That may be working hard and providing for your family, it may be working hard at home to make sure your children are taken care of and the chores are done.
    Only the weak try to destroy others thoughts of usefulness and hope. Success is much more then money and status.

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Год назад +1

      Anyone who would feel the need to tell you that likely needs to learn to mind their manners.

    • @Solike99
      @Solike99 Месяц назад

      You're doing great brother. Helping your family is always manly. Always.

  • @aminataummassya5404
    @aminataummassya5404 Месяц назад +2

    Women need to hear this too. To know which spouse to accept.

  • @lovealways2609
    @lovealways2609 3 года назад +12

    Our thoughts create our life and our future..
    Choose wisely what you allow yourself to dwell mentally upon..

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +4

      we suffer more in our imagination, than in reality itself..

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 3 года назад +3

      be.. do not try, to become..

  • @adamlear121
    @adamlear121 Год назад +2

    I have much to work on myself, I'm half way there. Im glad I heard this

  • @lionspride4821
    @lionspride4821 3 года назад +9

    Real strength is not putting down others to make oneself feel better.

    • @MrCrosas0010
      @MrCrosas0010 3 года назад +1

      No that’s common decency

  • @icarus-wings
    @icarus-wings Месяц назад +2

    A poem of necessity for today’s America.

  • @sandybean9700
    @sandybean9700 3 года назад +3

    AMEN to this, More of this is NEEDED in the WORLD TODAY as much as at ANYTIME !!!

  • @foxstone8718
    @foxstone8718 Год назад

    These words remind me of my father and the lessons he gave to me as a young boy; moderation in all things, it's easier to be cruel than to be kind, and to always lend a helping hand. I can only hope that I can continue live up to his expectations. I miss you every day, pop.

  • @Wiseman__
    @Wiseman__ Год назад +5

    Conservative men need to listen to this daily. Being a man is not just about being tough.

  • @cheapasmilk
    @cheapasmilk 3 года назад +1

    I had great examples of this in my life. But missed it until recently. Before today, I wouldn't have even been in a place to open my ears, mind, and heart a little. To deal with stuff, I just shut these things down. Called it all weakness, thinking some brittle unchanging form was stone. Instead of a sealed off pile of snow. Sent adrift at the coming slight breeze. Thank you for today sir, from the future.

  • @sparkinitesparkinite9617
    @sparkinitesparkinite9617 2 года назад +4

    So true! The world is beautiful because of many true gentlemen and fair ladies around us. 🎉😊 Am I one among them? At least I remind myself trying everyday.

  • @zehrajafri9252
    @zehrajafri9252 3 года назад +1

    What beautiful truths. Someone truly strong doesn't need to prove his strength. Kindness and gentleness are qualities that when present in the strong make them far more than human.

  • @philoepictetus9173
    @philoepictetus9173 3 года назад +7

    "Dreams are made for those who really lives".

  • @ronalddesiderio7625
    @ronalddesiderio7625 3 года назад +4

    It’s what I was taught as a kid by every adult in my life 💪🏾 Treat every mother’s son fair

  • @sanandamitra7237
    @sanandamitra7237 3 года назад +12

    I am crying. It is as if the voice was meant for this piece.

  • @snowwhitethegypsy3842
    @snowwhitethegypsy3842 Год назад +1

    "the strong must bear the infirmities of the weak" That is a line from Paul in the New Testament of the Bible . That seems to be at the heart of what it is to be a man .

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Год назад

      Clarke was a unitarian christian preacher

  • @anirudhsingh1706
    @anirudhsingh1706 3 года назад +4

    The ultimate measure of man is not where he stand in times of comfort and convenience but where he stands in times of controversy and challenges .-Maryin J Luther King
    And from a woman who I loved ' a true measure of man is in what he does .Period .'
    'A true man is a man of wisdom and who knows his top priority is his family and friends '
    Ellen J Barner

  • @vishal-2864
    @vishal-2864 3 года назад +1

    Narrator is the real man who make these ideas very intersting to listen.

  • @vokwana-welzvoksie432
    @vokwana-welzvoksie432 3 года назад +37

    This is a brilliant poem. Beautiful motivation. I think in South Africa all young men, including men young at heart, must listen to this poem. Maybe we will turn the tide on the national scourge of killing and abuse of children and women.

    • @zozovavavum1370
      @zozovavavum1370 3 года назад +3

      Sikuvike Sis wam ngoba nam indishiye ndimatchekile.

    • @marcusknoll9500
      @marcusknoll9500 3 года назад +1

      Enough is enough!!

    • @treytoomuch
      @treytoomuch 3 года назад +1

      As the last generattion of South Africans born during apartheid (91), I grew up both there and since 11 in london. It’s painstakingly apparent that the mistakes of those before us have had devastating effects on the men and women of our nation that is then fed into the mindset of that last generation and beyond. It’s tough to see and accept, I truly hope we can become betttr

    • @jeshurunhazelton7789
      @jeshurunhazelton7789 Год назад

      @@treytoomuch yep

  • @Erinaailookbook
    @Erinaailookbook Год назад +1

    Believe you can and you're halfway there.

  • @joshuakay3665
    @joshuakay3665 2 года назад +3

    This has cleared up a lot of toxicity in me I got this message yesterday but this poem reinforces it

  • @yvonnemarshall7416
    @yvonnemarshall7416 3 года назад +1

    Words from the Heart and soul Beautiful James F Clarke ❤ Thank you

  • @aboutbooks1843
    @aboutbooks1843 3 года назад +4

    Every cruel man should hear this poem and cry their toxicity out when they understand how wrong they've been living.

  • @EUSA1776
    @EUSA1776 3 года назад +1

    What a man should be a monster who is in control. Always aiming to the highest good he can conceive of, always willing to sacrifice for the betterment of those who depend on him.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 года назад

      That’s not a monster at all. That’s a man.

  • @SagariRaina
    @SagariRaina 3 года назад +21

    Amazing. Every man should be like this, and every woman too. Every human being should.

  • @gustafdahlman8704
    @gustafdahlman8704 22 дня назад

    My dad was a police officer his whole life. He was broad and burly but always loving and tender at home. Made my friends laugh and talked to everyone.
    I was a kid, maybe around 6-7. Me and dad was in town to buy Christmas gifts.
    A big dangerous looking man walked straight up to us, reach out his hand and presented himself to my father who greated him with a smile.
    They chatted for a bit and then he turned to me.
    - is this man your father?
    - yes.
    He then told be about the time my father arrested him. They had wrestled and fought pretty hard untill finally my dad had handcuffed him.
    After that my dad has sat him up and then sat down beside him and talked to him for about 20min while waiting for backup.
    - That talk changed my life and haven't committed a crime since. Be proud kid.
    Several times during my childhood similar situations happened now then.
    People he arrested had an enormous respect for him from what i discern both his strength and ability to fight but most of all his human side.
    He died before my first son was born but I strive everyday to follow his example and set the same for my boy

  • @gusubu17
    @gusubu17 Год назад +3

    We must not forget, we too must defend ourselves from those who would remove the power to defend others.❤

  • @robertaprugnoli3084
    @robertaprugnoli3084 3 года назад +2

    Women, tuo, shall learn a lot from this Universal Message.

  • @namanydv_garud
    @namanydv_garud 3 года назад +3

    The virtues of a true man, it melted my heart😭💪🏻

  • @Sitorus69
    @Sitorus69 7 месяцев назад

    My grandfather once told me "do what you love, and love what you do". Now i'm understand a lot about the meaning of his word. I'm born Man, so i will decide to do what i love, or love the things that i do, people can't control me because i'm the only one that have a power to control myself. I want more, i want to improve, want to do my hobby, something that i want the most, i hate work but i'll love it, i don't want to study but i'll do it so i'll love it to, i'm accepting myself, who am i, and i respect this journey of life that lead me to be a better Man.

  • @Gar96229
    @Gar96229 2 года назад +14

    Don’t worry about being a real man. Worry about being a good father, good son, good husband, good boyfriend, brother, nephew, grandfather, grandson, uncle, neighbour, etc, and you will automatically become a real man.

  • @captainofthelemonwipes4160
    @captainofthelemonwipes4160 3 года назад

    I suffered for so long. I am grateful for the chance to be a true man of my own definition!

  • @everything5797
    @everything5797 3 года назад +4

    His voice is so calming 😊

  • @meccashields1415
    @meccashields1415 2 года назад

    I feel so safe knowing there are men in these comment sections who value and model their lives after or similar to this poetry 💖 thank you, it can’t be easy

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Год назад

      Few things are easy. Being a mother certainly isn't.

  • @martine2651
    @martine2651 2 года назад +3

    Especially for those who use the 'Wolf vs sheep' philosophy to justify selfishness. But I have lots to learn myself.

    • @MasteryOrder
      @MasteryOrder 2 года назад +1

      If you enjoy ideas about mastery and masculinity, I invite you to explore the videos I share on the Mastery Order Channel.
      Challenge yourself with some concepts about manhood, explore your masculine potential to the maximum and become the kind of man you would admire.
      We can only better ourselves together, as men among men, so I invite you to use what I share and, of course, share your own opinions so that others can benefit from them as well.
      Looking forward to your points of view.
      All the best to you!

  • @ericmatthews3619
    @ericmatthews3619 3 года назад

    This is what I needed to hear... I feel as if I heard this before. I am trying to find a way to have everyone breath a collective sigh of releif and be happy for their future, rather than fearing it. I am searching for truth in a world of lies

  • @Floridaman52
    @Floridaman52 8 месяцев назад +7

    2024 anyone?

  • @houndofthepines5778
    @houndofthepines5778 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for this. I thought for many years loving as much as I do was unmanly.

    • @MasteryOrder
      @MasteryOrder 2 года назад +2

      Love is an essential and precious element of life. Protect it and cherish it. If masculinity and mastery are subjects of interest to you, I invite you to explore the videos shared on the Mastery Order Channel to challenge yourself with some ideas about manhood and to become the kind of man you would admire.
      We can only better ourselves together, as men among men, so I invite you to use what I share and, of course, give your own opinions so that others can benefit from them as well.
      Looking forward to your points of view.
      All the best to you!

  • @deadendfriends1975
    @deadendfriends1975 2 года назад +4

    Kindness is NOT weakness.

  • @jessicalove9225
    @jessicalove9225 3 года назад +1

    I agree with kindness in your heart. Big questions about COMPANIES, no examples needed. Intelligence is the only way to win at this ongoing battle.

  • @ukulkarni
    @ukulkarni 3 года назад +3

    "True manliness" has evolved to mean that you know to focus on yourself and to take care of yourself. No more being misguided by the expectations of the society. Cause no harm; but just because you are a man, you do not have to assume the role of a provider and protector. You are an individual and you need to value yourself.

    • @allthingsforgood
      @allthingsforgood 3 года назад

      That is the complete opposite of what the video is asserting. Focusing solely on yourself is out of line with true manhood. Selfishness is one of the chief signs of immaturity; the other being indulgence. A child thinks only of themselves, values only themselves. A man considers his offices (son, father, husband, etc.) and give these their due. He considers what is beyond himself and what is just. Fulfilling your responsibilities is not a misguided expectation of society, it is the natural order. Yes, men must be industrious and if they preside over a family, they must provide; "In doing nothing, men learn to do evil" (Cato). The truth is as a man, you are not an individual. A man recognizes he is one part of the whole; he recognizes his debts to those who have shaped him and return that charity with respect and humility. And yes, he is a protector and defender. Men are built for war, our shoulders are broad to carry the burdens of battle. Women give life, through child rearing; men give life, through sacrifice. It is the oldest story; Christ died so his bride could go free. That is the model for every man.

    • @rajsingh-ny2tx
      @rajsingh-ny2tx 2 года назад +1

      @@allthingsforgood I respect u

    • @jeshurunhazelton7789
      @jeshurunhazelton7789 Год назад

      @@allthingsforgood u mean child birth right not child rearing

    • @allthingsforgood
      @allthingsforgood Год назад

      @@jeshurunhazelton7789 Yes

    • @jeshurunhazelton7789
      @jeshurunhazelton7789 Год назад

      @@allthingsforgood just curious wats ur thoughts on conscription or the draft do u agree with it or do u think it's slavery

  • @p.shahnazhanum8
    @p.shahnazhanum8 2 года назад +1

    True Manliness is capable of Self-denial and Renunciation. False Manliness is Self-Willed and Self- Indulgent. This just about Sums it All👌👌

  • @benjaminejegwa4621
    @benjaminejegwa4621 3 года назад +4

    This is such a beautiful and true poem🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @NOYBZ
    @NOYBZ 3 года назад +1

    Do not let society take your masculinity away and call it toxic. Men must be men again, good men, leaders not followers one who can't be bought nor sold

  • @nemo.a.retreoh313
    @nemo.a.retreoh313 3 года назад +12

    That is exactly what I always say: "Masculinity is to protect the weak and to stand up for the good and the right! And not take what you want by force without considering loss!"
    .
    Because to be a good person is not a weakness, on the contrary it requires a lot more strength than to be a bad person!!!

  • @Oracle0211
    @Oracle0211 Год назад +1

    As a guardian to my younger brother I worry what kind of men will he be without a father figure I'm going to gift him this poem to help him on his journey as he grows to be a magnificent man.

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Год назад +1

      a good enough one if he has you, i imagine.

  • @paradisemusiclibrary1756
    @paradisemusiclibrary1756 3 года назад +15

    Hey, you. Whoever’s reading this, this is your sign. Everything’s gonna be okay. You did not come this far to give up. I believe in you. 🙏🏻✨💖

  • @mariakrastev7094
    @mariakrastev7094 2 года назад

    The voice is so calming and deeper…good for bed time stories.

  • @masculinemotivation_1
    @masculinemotivation_1 Год назад +13

    Young men need to be exposed to more content like this 😎💪

  • @bullmoosie
    @bullmoosie 3 года назад +1

    Strength. Wisdom. Love.

  • @tkogb4964
    @tkogb4964 3 года назад +10

    Moved me to tears and touched me in a way that I thought was impossible.

  • @venusproject8202
    @venusproject8202 2 года назад +1

    This is very valuable, I wish I would have seen this like 10 years ago. It would have saved me a lot of trouble. That is the issue with education today, wisdom needs to find its place.

    • @MasteryOrder
      @MasteryOrder 2 года назад

      If you are into topics about mastery and masculinity, and if you are bold enough to challenge yourself with interesting ideas, I invite you to explore the videos I share on the Mastery Order Channel.
      Learn to explore your masculine potential to the maximum and become the kind of man you would admire.
      We can only better ourselves together, as men among men, so I invite you to use what I share and, of course, share your own opinions so that others can benefit from them as well.
      Looking forward to your opinions.
      All the best to you!

    • @hardcoreholman303
      @hardcoreholman303 2 года назад

      It's because you are taught what to think not how to think by education these days

  • @josephkee1466
    @josephkee1466 3 года назад +8

    So inspiring

  • @nnadoziesamuel8179
    @nnadoziesamuel8179 3 года назад +2

    I will be reading this poem to my literary community in our next meet. What a beauty. Thank you for sharing.

  • @arlindmerdita521
    @arlindmerdita521 3 года назад +15

    The culture of power There is only one culture and that is the culture of power. When I am strong, people respect my culture. when I am weak, I fall, and my culture falls with me. When Rome was militarily strong, Latin was the ruler of languages. When the Roman Empire fell, Latin became a spaghetti dish. Culture, my dear, does not lie in the number of books I have read, but in the number of bullets I have fired. Nizar kibani

  • @IsaiaH-D-LaCasse1997
    @IsaiaH-D-LaCasse1997 Год назад

    I can listen to his voice all day and all night sooo soothing and calm

  • @notjebbush4478
    @notjebbush4478 3 года назад +9

    Please change the title. This isn't just a powerful speech for young men-it's a powerful speech for all men.

  • @IKEMENOsakaman
    @IKEMENOsakaman 3 года назад +3

    Rare speech left about manliness

  • @PsychoLogisch
    @PsychoLogisch 3 года назад +1

    Love it. It’s a long path to be that kinda man but if you’re willing to take it you’ll wake up everyday with a warm feeling deep down while your mirror is going to give you a loving smile

  • @tomdooley3522
    @tomdooley3522 3 года назад +4

    He almost had it right , manliness can be hard as steel and cold as ice, it can stand in the face of death, and not back down.
    Because his wife and children are to be protected even at the cost of his life.
    When you remove ,Love , Honor
    and Obay from the marriage vow , you didn't make a woman a man's equal you removed his place from the family.
    Once removed from the family a man has no natural place in Society.