It was the deadliest string of shark attacks the world has ever seen. In 2011, sharks in Réunion, a beautiful island, way out in the Indian Ocean started biting people way more than ever before and with lunatic violence. The epidemic forced local surfers, politicians, and business owners into a proxy war with ocean lovers and conservationists worldwide, where long simmering tensions boiled over. Réunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise is the story of what happened on this beautiful island, and t ...
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A Strong Man Goes The Second Mile (an episode about marriage)
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche It's a lack of a lot of things. And a big shortage of other things. But today we're going to focus on men and husbands. Most divorces are initiated by wives. Attorneys, psychologists, sociologists and other folks smarter than me attribute much of that to the skill women have to sense danger. It seems logical, especially if children are involved, that a woman craves safety for herself and her children. Other research indicates women divorce because they feel held back in the relationship. Maybe the husband doesn't do enough work in the relationship and the wife grows increasingly discontented. Ironically, many experts that I read claim women generally forgive infidelity, but they continue to forgive emotional neglect or abuse. I'm not an expert on such things, but I do know that men and women are different, but the same. Men crave respect. Women crave love. Both battle unhappiness, which for some is the sole goal of life while others mostly are content with avoiding unhappiness. Men have one particular problem that I've seen throughout my life. Generally speaking, I've found it to be mostly a uniquely male challenge. Rage. I know it seems an odd way to start a conversation about strong men who go the second mile, but I'm beginning here because I suspect every man knows it's problematic, or can be. We can move forward toward becoming strong men when we recognize our rage and what form it takes --- then get busy addressing what we're doing to do with it. Strong men figure out how to properly direct and control their rage. Rage is a typically male problem, not because males exclusively experience it, but because we find it tough to properly direct it. There are some chapters in the Bible, in the book of Romans, that speak specifically to the battle that goes inside each of us - male or female. That is, here's what we want to do, which is often contradictory to what God wants us to do. There are times when we kinda, sorta want to do the right thing, but then we also want to do what pleases us. The battle ensues and the question is, "Where will we direct our rage?" Will we look in the mirror and direct it toward harnessing ourselves (self-control) or will we direct it outward toward others because we choose to blame them for our struggle? These ideas are not new. Or novel. And I don't profess to have mastered it all. I don't even profess to properly understand it all, but I do understand it enough to know it can destroy lives and relationships. Rage isn't only expressed in an outburst of anger. It can be fuming, frustration and silent. Rage's manifestation depends on the personality of the holder. As we look more deeply into strong men who go the extra mile...let me challenge you to think about your rage and work harder to understand it, and direct it in a more purposeful way that serves your marriage instead of destroying it. Today, I'm going to speak specifically to men and more specifically to married men. But no matter who you are or what role you have in a relationship, I hope you find some value in the conversation because the subject is important - being a strong man. Going the second mile. First, for those unfamiliar with the Bible permit me to explain what the second mile means and where that expression comes from. Matthew 5:40-42 (American Standard Version) "And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." Commentator James Burton Coffman said of this passage... Does anyone live up to this? Certainly, one must agree that the Sermon on the Mount is still the Mount Everest of the Christian religion, namely, the highest peak of all and only rarely scaled.
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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche It's a lack of a lot of things. And a big shortage of other things. But today we're going to focus on men and husbands. Most divorces are initiated by wives. Attorneys, psychologists, sociologists and other folks smarter than me attribute much of that to the skill women have to sense danger. It seems logical, especially if children are involved, that a woman craves safety for herself and her children. Other research indicates women divorce because they feel held back in the relationship. Maybe the husband doesn't do enough work in the relationship and the wife grows increasingly discontented. Ironically, many experts that I read claim women generally forgive infidelity, but they continue to forgive emotional neglect or abuse. I'm not an expert on such things, but I do know that men and women are different, but the same. Men crave respect. Women crave love. Both battle unhappiness, which for some is the sole goal of life while others mostly are content with avoiding unhappiness. Men have one particular problem that I've seen throughout my life. Generally speaking, I've found it to be mostly a uniquely male challenge. Rage. I know it seems an odd way to start a conversation about strong men who go the second mile, but I'm beginning here because I suspect every man knows it's problematic, or can be. We can move forward toward becoming strong men when we recognize our rage and what form it takes --- then get busy addressing what we're doing to do with it. Strong men figure out how to properly direct and control their rage. Rage is a typically male problem, not because males exclusively experience it, but because we find it tough to properly direct it. There are some chapters in the Bible, in the book of Romans, that speak specifically to the battle that goes inside each of us - male or female. That is, here's what we want to do, which is often contradictory to what God wants us to do. There are times when we kinda, sorta want to do the right thing, but then we also want to do what pleases us. The battle ensues and the question is, "Where will we direct our rage?" Will we look in the mirror and direct it toward harnessing ourselves (self-control) or will we direct it outward toward others because we choose to blame them for our struggle? These ideas are not new. Or novel. And I don't profess to have mastered it all. I don't even profess to properly understand it all, but I do understand it enough to know it can destroy lives and relationships. Rage isn't only expressed in an outburst of anger. It can be fuming, frustration and silent. Rage's manifestation depends on the personality of the holder. As we look more deeply into strong men who go the extra mile...let me challenge you to think about your rage and work harder to understand it, and direct it in a more purposeful way that serves your marriage instead of destroying it. Today, I'm going to speak specifically to men and more specifically to married men. But no matter who you are or what role you have in a relationship, I hope you find some value in the conversation because the subject is important - being a strong man. Going the second mile. First, for those unfamiliar with the Bible permit me to explain what the second mile means and where that expression comes from. Matthew 5:40-42 (American Standard Version) "And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." Commentator James Burton Coffman said of this passage... Does anyone live up to this? Certainly, one must agree that the Sermon on the Mount is still the Mount Everest of the Christian religion, namely, the highest peak of all and only rarely scaled.
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