Manhood,…real, strong, and powerful manhood is easily recognized, but sadly today, too seldom found. Manhood is a learned skill. Father-Power is the seed bed of learning, where manhood is modeled so as to enable the youthful male to observe and then duplicate what a real man is all about,..how one thinks, speaks, acts, helps, and encourages all the other people, around them…especially their own families.

There is an old saying that still rings true to this day. It goes like this:
“The apple does not fall far from the tree.” Real men, strong men, loving, and caring men, bold men, great providers and protectors of their families are not born,…they are made and they learn those correct masculine character traits and attributes by observing their own fathers or surrogate fathers conduct themselves in a proper and righteous manner which is always on display. Father-Power is the “modus vi-ven-di” or the conduit for teaching a boy to become a man. Real manhood is a learned skill set. It does not automatically pass through the DNA chain. It is for this very reason that all fathers need to be at their best as there is always a set of little eyes forever watching and observing how “Dad” acts, speaks, and lives.

While it is true that a few of the real and great leaders of other people did not grow up under the influence of great and powerful father-power, I will tell you that the vast majority of the great and powerful leaders of men and women did grow up and mature through the ranks of the human maturation process,…they did grow up under the tutelage of their personal fathers and their individual influence and example.

Every individual created by God Almighty has been given a life to live while here on earth and has been given a free will, an ability to make up their own minds and then do what it is that they choose to do,…be it good or bad. Coupled with the free will of personal choice comes the right and ability to change, to correct, to do something different, and to start over and do things correctly a second time around. It is all part of being a real man and modeling for all to see what a real and godly man does as he meets and fills his own personal responsibilities.

It seems that the most positive changes in the character of men really have nothing to do with job behaviors or personal accomplishments. A public poll taken during the 1990s revealed that the top two personal characteristics most desired in the life of a male were:

1. Being more family-oriented,…and….
2. Being more able to display personal feelings in public.

Simultaneously, almost 90 percent of the women polled in the same survey responded with these two primary and critically important results regarding what they desired in a man:

1. They like it when a man opens a door (any door) for them,…and…
2. They feel protected when they are with their husbands or boyfriends.

Now hear me well men…the manner and way that you treat the women and children in your life is a direct reflection of what and how you observed your own father figure treat these same two groups of people in his life. A male child, a son, learns mostly from observation. All happy, creative, and most productive marriage relationships and related complete families are all a direct result of good or great Father-Power. God created the man to be the head of the entire family. It is his total responsibility to meet and fulfill all of his responsibilities,….never to abstain from it or delegate it to someone else.

We as humans will become precisely like how we grew up and matured. Parental example properly displayed pays great and glorious blessings and benefits back to the parents as the years roll by. Great parents,…100% man and 100% woman…most often raise great children and grandchildren. Remember, God Almighty places the direct personal responsibility for the production, protection, and care for the entire family squarely on the man’s shoulders. And it is the direct personal responsibility of the parents to formally raise, nurture, and educate their own children. Don’t ever delegate or reassign these all important personal responsibilities to any other person, group of people, or organization. These are the most important things good parents can do for their own offspring. It is a beautiful thing to witness when it occurs. It is a horrible and destructive thing to observe when it doesn’t happen.

Displayed proper social skills and behavior, good personal hygiene, correct and positive social etiquette, common personal or professional courtesy, sympathetic caring kindness, and above all constant personal respect for all other people who come into your life are the mainstays in the life of a real man who lives a happy and productive life.

Real men, honorable men, and well behaved men always take complete loving and respectful care of the ladies and children in their life. Your manners and ways of reading, speaking, and writing, i.e. your personal conduct carries great influence and impact on the people around you. There is no acceptable excuse for a man to display improper, ungodly, or disrespectful personal behavior (words or actions) in the presence of women, children, or other men. Real manhood is best defined as Christlikeness. The more a man conducts himself just as Jesus Christ would behave, the happier he will forever be.

As a closing note, it has been my personal experience in raising a family, enjoying a precious wonderful marriage for over four decades, and observing thousands of other great men and women succeeding in personal and business life that the single most successful business operations are owned and operated by men and women who best have their personal lives correct, together, and in harmony in their individual homes. In other words, the biggest and most successful businesses are always built by the men and women who have the best family life and marriage relationships. These words alone should motivate and encourage you to make appropriate changes in your life and the way you live it.

Be a Real Man And Always Act Like One……………..