suppressed for a lifetime.
Yet fires burn, and the
burgeoning sensitivities is
akin to a child learning to
walk. We fall down, we
make blunders, and we are
blind as to how to listen
and communicate our
emotions.
Men experience a learning
curve when awakening to
their deepest sensitivities.
And just as any beginner,
they make mistakes.
Sometimes the mistakes
are colossal, and
sometimes laughable. Men
need an emotional
example, how to be live
with and operate with
emotions in a healthy way.
We also need to be
accepted as we are,
beginners with beautiful
intention. To demand for a
man to have the mastery
over their emotions is an
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outrageous expectation.
For most men, mastery
over emotions means
suppressing them, hiding
feelings behind a mask of
stoicism, or just turning
off the emotions entirely.
It takes time to even
identify the subtle
emotions, let alone to
know how they function
and their influence on our
own self and those around
us.
Any teacher knows that
mocking a beginner or
putting them down,
criticizing them or their
approach, will stunt the
learning curve, if not
completely stopping it.
The beloved woman
becomes that guide into
the mysterious realms of
feeling emotions. When
she expresses anger, puts
down her man, belittles or