We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. Lewis was driving at when he protested that: You know, sit still, behave nicely, negotiate pleasantly, etc. The wounds he will take throughout his life will cause him to lose heart if all he has been trained to be is soft.Įldridge also speaks to the current trend to ask little boys to become more like little girls. Life needs a man to be fierce - and fiercely devoted. Aggression is part of the masculine design, we are hardwired for it. Despite what many modern educators would say, this is not a psychological disturbance brought on by violent television or chemical imbalance. Little boys yearn to know they are powerful, they are dangerous, they are someone to be reckoned with. Here are some passages that captured my attention.Ĭapes and swords, camouflage, bandannas and six-shooters - these are the uniforms of boyhood. It offers some very intriguing discussions on this as well as more down-to earth concerns that speak to me, a mother of a son. And that the dragon to slay, the adventure to live, and the beauty to win are all spiritual.
In many ways, it confirmed some of my instincts (and who doesn't love that? )Įldridge's basic assertion is that every man needs a dragon to slay, an adventure to live, and a beauty to win. John Eldredge's book, Wild at Heart, is a book for men - and maybe for those that love them - yet I read it years ago as a mom, for the little man-in-training that I had running about.
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