What's The Best Thing A Man Could Do?

My buddy Michael asked me this question shortly before he died of lung cancer. It stuck with me, and in his memory, I ask the same question of myself, and of you.

 

I don't know if there's one best thing a man can do. Maybe just to accept him/herself as a man and do everything in the spirit of being a man instead of some kind of god or legend or whatever it is people get up to when their egos get out of control.

 

That's heavy. Sorry about your friend. That's a tough question. I have to think about that one.

 

For me right now,it's finally learning how to live amicably with my own mind.

 

I guess for me it is to learn (which I have the hard way) to appreciate the people you love the most. Make sacrifices to make them happy. And pay attention to the little things they like. Don't loose them.

 

Another one: Stop laying the moral responsibility on God.

 

That is a good one too. I had a very good mentor teach me that lesson. Responsibility is in our own hands. It goes way beyond what most people think of as responsibility (like having a job for instance) like you said morality is involved when it comes to true responsibility.

 

Live for the people he loves.

 

i was going to say to "do whatever makes them happy"

but then i remembered some people get happy cutting off heads...

 

I consider Frank Zappa one of my spiritual advisers and he famously sang, "You are what you is, and that's all it tis!" Therefore, the best that any man can do is to be themselves. If more people were just themselves the world would be a far better place in my opinion. Of course, that's based on the assumption that who we are at heart is actually someone worth knowing because, if not, then there's no point in discussing the issue! So, the best any man can do is to be the best you that anyone can be which, of course, shouldn't be that hard for you.

 

Identify the greatest possible use of his available resources, skills and talents in the betterment of himself and in the improvement of the lives of those around him, and work tirelessly in pursuit of those goals.

 

Apparently making a good blog or twitter meme about Kendell Jenner's Pepsi commercial. Welcome to 2017.

 

Sorry to hear about your buddy. I hope the question didn't torment him

I think it's good to keep asking yourself the question until you are satisfied that you have found the answer

 

He died in his sleep. Damn good way to go. But he kind of threw down the gauntlet with this question. I don't know. Stop bashing the bishop so much seems like the obvious answer, but I didn't say that to him at the time.

 

that's a very touchy subject,Ged..the best thing a man could do?
is being honest towards the one he loves and say openheartedly..I DO CARE
i lost my wife in 2008 on august 18th..i though she fell asleep...
i was on this computer..when i went back to her couch i found her dead..
and that's a shocking fact..it haunts me every year again on 18th August...
heart failure,the doctor said..she died peacefully maybe in her sleep..
but she left me with the same question you put here..
what's the best thing a man could do?I do not know the answer,my friend..

Tiger

 

Tiger..

 

I'm sorry to hear that Tiger. And I agree with what you said about being honest and saying you care.

 

You clearly loved your wife a lot. Her death was something beyond your control.

There are many women who have husbands who are cruel to them. While she died young, she was also lucky to have a husband who loved her as much as you do.

 

a dying man rarely talks of job or cars or possesions

they usually talk of friends ..and moments with people they loved

 

Always do the right thing even when nobody is watching.