HowBeerSavedMyLife: Wild at Heart.......

As simple as the title of the book was, it resonated with me, and still does. As men, we desire to live the desires and dreams of our hearts from the time we were boys. We want to live a life of risk and adventure. We want to be a hero and we want to be a warrior.

“Don’t climb on that, don’t break anything, don’t be so aggressive, don’t be so noisy, don’t be so messy, don’t make such crazy risks. But God’s design–which he placed in boys as the picture of himself–is a resounding yes. Be fierce, be wild, be passionate.”  John Eldredge, Wild at Heart

The stage was set by Tobin for Mancation 2012, Bend, Oregon. I've planned and coordinated trips in the past, Seahawk games, Mariner games, skiing, etc., but haven't truly experienced that "Wild at Heart" mentality as I did this weekend since I was a young boy on camping trips.

Waking up in Central Oregon this past Saturday morning, that inner desire was purely evident. The 11 men present wanted to be messy and noisy, we wanted to be aggressive and we would climb on that because we are men. We were competitive, we shared stories, we traded stacks of poker chips and we drank great beer (and some of the "Root" version).

We lived what we often subdue! We must allow ourselves to be the men we were designed to be and not the emasculated version society imposes on us, for at the end of the day, after mountain biking, fly fishing, rock climbing and poker, there wasn't a man in the room that wasn't on the phone with his wife and kids.

Live life, be a man!

Cheers