Wild at Heart

I recently started reading a book titled Wild at Heart by John Eldredge, and I have really enjoyed what I have read so far.  I was curious to see if the book was any good, since, on the front cover, it read, "Discovering the secret of a man's soul."  Guys have always interested me as far as the way that they think, and I often considered myself to be "one of the guys" when I was a bit younger than I am now.  I think that I am not so much a tomboy as I used to be, but I still think that guy logic is a bit easier to deal with than girl logic, which is, to some, not really logic, but an overdependence on emotion.

Anyway, I got through the first couple chapters and really liked what I was soaking in from its pages.  John Eldredge makes some good points, men are bored, and they need to be awakened in society.  Here in America, we ask a man to go against his own nature.  Men have the innate desire to be aggressive, not violent necessarily, but to attack something, whether it be a golf ball or a deer in the forest, and succeed in their quest.  Instead, they are often asked to be "nice."  They must be punctual, clean-cut, subdued.  They are often found at desks in some building in front of a computer or mulling over papers, on the phone, etc.  How many guys can say they would rather sit in their office than go out and pursue something, to go on some sort of adventure?  Yeah, guys will say they should stay at home and keep their responsibilities going rather than run off on some adventure, but the desire is still there, I think.  Guys are okay with the "safe zone," rather than go out and try, they would rather stay where they are and be "safe" in their job, family, etc.

As I continue to read this book, I hope to find what John Eldredge thinks is the solution for such a problem in our society.  How can guys embrace who they were made to be and become better men as a result?  Perhaps this little excursion into the pages of a book will enlighten me and open my eyes to how I can be a better woman to support my man and what he is truly made of.