The Man Law

If You Could Write a Rulebook for Being a Man, what "Man Law" Would You Write?

The Law: 

1. Encourage children through play.

2.Promote the best in people.

3. Keep the sacred fire burning.

4. Guard the women and children from harm.

5. Confront the eternal adversary. 

6. Build the crystal palace.

7. Confront death with courage and return.

8. Dare to cut down a tree.

9. Offer your sons up as a sacrifice to God.

8. Protect your daughters from exploitation.

9. Store up wealth for the future.

10. Consult the ancestral spirits.

11. Read great books.

12. Speak the truth about unpleasant things.

13. Pay close attention.

14. Make a worthy temple for the Lord.

15. Keep the howling winds of winter at bay.

16. Stand up for the oppressed.

17. Be a prince of peace.

18. Don’t be too civilized.

19. Organize yourself with other men

20. Be faithful to your wife.

21. Be hospitable to friends and strangers.

22. Rout the wolves and chase the lions so the shepherds can eat.

23. Establish a destination – and a path.

24. Bring heaven to earth.

25. Take on the sins of the world.

26. Dig the wells and mine the gold and copper.

27. Gather everyone to the banquet.

28. Grow up and take responsibility.

29. Resist pride in all things.