"Be the man that you always needed." Such simple words, but yet with such a deep meaning behind them. I have to give credit where credit is due. I’ve heard this from Wes Watson multiple times, and it's stayed in my mind since the first time.
We can interpret the words to a different degree, and the one that I prefer the most is to become our own hero. Not only for men, but women as well. Or just "person", so we can be politically correct nowadays.
There is a person that you’ve looked up to the most. Perhaps it's your father, perhaps it's your mother, perhaps it's someone else.And maybe that person didn’t live up to your expectations, and I think that is totally OK, even though you may have been disappointed. They are, after all, just humans.
And the highest expectations that we have should be from ourselves. I think I can take the liberty to say that the person who will always be needed was always there, always in our blood, in our mind, in our heart and soul. This is our hero, the hero that we shared the struggle with. We just need to connect with him.
That person that we always need has the traits that we always want. And of course, we should strive to be brave, honourable, unflinching; we should strive to pay as much attention as humanely possible and to help others, because that hero is not a self-serving hero.
Of course, he makes things better for himself, but he also aims to make things better for others as well.
And also, we should stop making a difference between us and that person that we always needed, because that hero is us. When something bad goes down, the first person that can fix the problem will be you.
And for a period of time, for your son, for your grandson, or your nephew, you will be the man that is always needed, and even though maybe you will not be able to live up to that expectation, you must give your best.
We cannot afford to be selfish. If we live only for ourselves, that will turn into a miserable life pretty fast. We must aim to get as strong as possible in every domain and also to be able to protect and help others.
And to do that, we don’t need to stay around them all the time; we need to make them strong enough, not only physically but mentally as well, so they will be able to take care of us in a time of need and also take care of our descendants.
Conclusion
We must connect to our inner and deeper self because that represents the one that we needed, the one that we need right now and also the one that we’ll need in the future and forever. We must become the most competent, most trustworthy and most honourable persons that we know.
