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Unfinished Men in a crazy world

In the TV series Mad Men, main character Don Draper, the darling of Madison Avenue advertisers is a perfect example of an Unfinished Man.  He is a man whose childhood was fraught with confusion, shame and a total lack of initiation by solid, wholesome men.  So he finds himself in his mid thirties, highly successful in work, charming to the world of women, but a complete dud when it comes to being a husband and father.  He is torn between what he knows he needs to do (love his wife, and lead and love his children) andthe dark passions of his life.  He is a tortured man....

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Unfinished Men in a crazy world

In the TV series Mad Men, main character Don Draper, the darling of Madison Avenue advertisers is a perfect example of an Unfinished Man.  He is a man whose childhood was fraught with confusion, shame and a total lack of initiation by solid, wholesome men.  So he finds himself in his mid thirties, highly successful in work, charming to the world of women, but a complete dud when it comes to being a husband and father.  He is torn between what he knows he needs to do (love his wife, and lead and love his children) andthe dark passions of his life.  He is a tortured man....

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Fully alive

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous , talented and fabulous?”  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of God.  Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t won’t  feel insecure around you.  We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within...

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Fully alive

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous , talented and fabulous?”  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of God.  Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t won’t  feel insecure around you.  We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within...

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mentoring: a missing element

Erwin McManus in his wonderful book the artisan soul, says. “A life well lived is the  sum total of a vast number of moments lived well” As a young man I was convinced that there were great things that had to be done, that life was to be lived and experienced only to arrive in my 50’s to see so many moments that had not been lived well. Selfishness,            Arrogance,                        Pride,                    ...

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mentoring: a missing element

Erwin McManus in his wonderful book the artisan soul, says. “A life well lived is the  sum total of a vast number of moments lived well” As a young man I was convinced that there were great things that had to be done, that life was to be lived and experienced only to arrive in my 50’s to see so many moments that had not been lived well. Selfishness,            Arrogance,                        Pride,                    ...

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