Men Have Feelings Too - The Canvas

Canvas...the canvas or backdrop for The Men Have Feelings Too Movement was birthed from a very dark place. Dark? What do I mean? A few years ago, I went through one of the most horrific times in my personal life. Life's fierce hand brought me to tears, apathy, and hopelessness. After months of searching for relevant masculine literature, someone in whom I could confide, or someone who might understand my plight, I gave up trying because no one or thing met these strict qualifications. As a result, I became a walking time bomb. I intentionally woke up every morning secretly wishing that someone would push my buttons so that I could find just cause for unloading on them.

After realizing my toxic dilemma, I became angry with myself, which only compounded the problem. What was I to do? I'll tell you what I did. To my surprise, I started a journal in order to cope. In my journal, I wrote all of those horrendous events out exactly as I had experienced them. Although this took me about a year to do, it was worth it in retrospect. After these events were carefully drawn out of my heart and unto something tangible, I can honestly say that I felt better about my situation. Despite the fact that none of my problems immediately went away, at least the pressure they caused had been temporarily lifted. To protect my heart from any further damage, I put this draft in a safe place and went on with my life.

About a year after this, I stumbled upon the draft that I had previously written. WOW...is all I could say. After rereading it, I instantly knew that I wasn't the only man who has ever experienced this. Apparently, this essential groundwork is now known as Men Have Feelings Too. With this in mind, let me also share another type of canvas with you.

The Men Have Feelings Too image was also designed with it's own meaning. Since today must be your day, I'll explain it's design to you. 

• The black face represents the dark, shameful past that most of US desire to keep hidden.
• The red heart depicts our life now. If you noticed, the heart becomes more vibrate, as it gets closer to the edge. However, the part that's closer to the face is lighter or slightly discolored. This is because many of us know that, internally, we're an empty hot mess that's being forced to carry around destructive baggage from our past. Yet externally, we want everyone else to believe that we're strong and we have it all together.
• The blotches on the heart depict that we ALL have different wounds (insecurities, issues, shortcomings, etc.) and they're in different stages of healing.  

Until next time...

Written by Walter Hunter
walter@menhavefeelingstoo.com
https://menhavefeelingstoo.com


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Men Have Feelings Too Introduction

Our Blog's Intent

Men Have Feelings Too would like to present to some and introduce to others our blog. Here, our ultimate goal is to highlight our main attraction...Men. Before you run off believing the wrong thing, allow me the opportunity to quantify my statement. The Men Have Feelings Too platform was created to provide men with masculine literature meant to equip, educate, and inspire them to be better men, fathers, and husbands. The word "better" implies that we are not the perfect beings many of us believe that we are. Which implies that there must be areas of our personal lives that require necessary introspection and correction. If you're reading our introduction and our main goal and your intent for reading our blog don't align themselves, then I respectfully ask you upfront to discontinue your reading immediately. With that being said, Welcome to The Men Have Feelings Too Blog.

Before you hastily stop reading our blog believing it's a waste of time, I dare you to pull up a chair, listen to what's being conveyed, and offer your input. Just to clear the air, this is not your average blog. If you like superficial topics, discussions that don't provoke thought, passive thinking that doesn't produce personal growth, or fairy-tale endings then this is not the blog for you. Furthermore, if you're easily offended by differences of opinion then keep watching television or other forms of meaningless media meant solely for your entertainment. That way, you can continue to ignore the real issues. However, if you desire truth and want to be better equipped for some of life's challenges then you came to the right place. Let me say this, don't prejudge this blog and start bad-mouthing it before you get the chance to really see what it's all about. Just be patient my friend. At some point, we will speak directly to you as if you secretly told us your story beforehand. Until the next time, consider this the introduction.

Written by Walter Hunter
walter@menhavefeelingstoo.com
https://menhavefeelingstoo.com