More thoughts on "man up"...

OK, so we (Stasia and I) have received a LOT of communication on this topic of "Man Up". I would like to take a moment to revisit and re-connect on this conversation...

It is a powerful one and worthy of the time and energy. Why? Well, anything that has controversy or comes up often in my daily life tends to draw my attention. What are people saying? Well, I have heard everything from, "You're not a man, so you can't use that phrase" to, "What do you MEAN man up??!?!" to, "It's about time someone brings this up!".... And many more...

The quotes are as varied as the people saying them, and I have given pretty much the same perspective for every one of them... "Do what you love and love what you do... and don't blame someone else when you don't get what you want."
To me, that is the true meaning of "Man Up" (or woman up too, but I am seeing this come up in more men than women these days).

In other words, get over your pitfalls, get out of victim and lack mentality, and be who you WANT to be!! (not who you think someone else wants you to be)

So, what does that look like? An example- A friend says to you,"Let's go jogging instead of hiking" And you respond with, "You don't like anything I like to do!!" (Taking things personally is a victim mentality! Maybe it's not about you! Just communicate your desires and have a conversation instead of being in fear, blame, or avoidance)
Another example- If you feel like doing something and it is something new or possibly scary, STOP STOPPING YOURSELF!!! Just DO it!!! LEAP my friend, LEAP!!!
Another example- If you want to talk to someone and you say to them, "I want to talk to you about something". Instead of waiting for that other person to come to you, just go to them and tell them what you want to tell them! When you say things like, "I told you I wanted to talk to you and you never called me", you are putting your life in someone else's hands. (And then complaining about it when it doesn't happen the way you wanted it to!)

In summation, Please please please please please step into your empowered self! Until you step into your empowered self, you are going to be unhappy while blaming others for your inability to accept who you CAN be!!! It's YOUR life!!! Not mine, not anyone elses!! I can't DO anything for you that you are not willing to do for yourself!!!

Man Up means, BE PRESENT AND CREATE YOUR LIFE IN AN EMPOWERED WAY!!! Do what you love and love what you do ALL THE TIME!!!

OK, I know I got a little extreme with the capitol letters and the exclamation points, but I am a little bit passionate about this subject. (can you tell?) :)

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