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Masculinity and Life
The 6 Best Masculine Virtues of My Male Friends
As told just before my wedding.
I gave a 30+ minute rehearsal dinner speech this spring season. They say that rehearsal dinner speeches should never be longer than the ceremony itself. I pushed the envelope of patience that night.
For it was in front of a core group of people that mattered.
They are the only ones that matter — our closest friends and family members.
I’m pretty proud of that speech, so I’m taking that long-winded content and rehashing it for today’s blog subject. What I said aloud was too good to waste on lost sound waves, and I selfishly feel the need to memorialize some of that content. This is also a good contrast to my last article about 5 “false” virtues.
As a lifelong Stoic that has blended aspects of Buddhism and Taoism to lead a life of balance and love, parts of my core philosophy have always echoed the four virtues of classical Stoicism: Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Moderation/Temperance.
