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11. A Man Stands Alone

6/14/2013

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A Man Stands Alone 

I heard the statement, a long time ago, “a man stands alone.” Maybe it’s a  bit  exaggerated but it does  seem true.  From reading, listening, personal experience it  does seem that men, particularly beginning in their 30's and 40's,  end up standing  alone.  If you are doing well and
your life is full, this might not be as evident.  It is when you are not doing well, or going  against the  grain without having given up, that the isolation is felt.  Family, friends, peers,  community and women, are not there for support and you are  alone.  Somehow, from
what I see, women, when faced with difficult times, have more safety nets, help, sympathy or pity coming from family, friends,  strangers, government and charities.  Perhaps they are less prideful.  Some  might see this as conditioning, others as innate, but that is for another discussion. 
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Curiously, an old friend Steve (born an Irish Catholic) befriended a young soon to be rabbi who seemed to have it together.  The rabbi lived in a tight community, had two  young children and was studying to be confirmed as a rabbi.  Previously he had earned a living in the music industry and  supported himself through these skills. He had a  non-Jewish  wife who converted to orthodoxy.  Steve mentioned my statement,  “a man stands alone,” to him and it gave him  pause.  Later, when his life began to fall apart, when his wife 
could no longer keep up being orthodox, when his economics  suffered, when he was no longer youthful (the kid), and when his  community could do just so much for  him but really wasn’t there for him, I’m sure the words “a man  stands alone” came to  mind.

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1.  04/30/13  Writing 11.  A Man Stands Alone

Tom

Very good  Steve.....standing alone temporarily is important for  nourishment because it allows other things in to awareness. So it's not necessarily a negative, unless  loneliness slips in.  The big picture is that all is connected makes natural sense  so it
is just not human connectivity but all things natural.  Keep em coming!



2.  04/29/13   Writing  11.  A Man Stands Alone 

"T"

Hi  Steve:  All is status  quo around here.   I do agree with  Man stands alone,  I've observed this over the years with  many different men whom I've known. It's a long discussion we might have one day,  But I do know one  thing.........I could live without a man or the man in my life, but not easily without my woman friends.  bye for
now.
 
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