Lately I have been laboring with an increasingly urgent desire to bond with a partner and keep her and take care of her for the rest of my life. So I am going to marry a girl I so far hardly know, but that is another story . This has gotten me thinking about lots of things I had never thought of before and one of them is violent conflict. Let me explain. That is to protect the lives of those you love.
Nothing is more important.
Therefore, it behooves us to begin to examine the whole concept of violent behavior and feelings. I am not suggesting that we should all go out and become Rambo-esq street fighters, only that it is irresponsible to ignore this entire aspect of human experience if we are to be honest with ourselves and yet live and love in this world. So I began where I always begin- Inside myself. I have found a part of me which does have feelings about conquering, about competing with other men, about responding to threats with threats and action, and yes- even feelings about dominating a women sexually. Of course, there is a right place for all of these feelings.