"Wild at Heart" by John Eldredge

This book is essentially a self-help book for men of a Christian persuasion. Elderedge is an author, public speaker and counselor and his points are quite astute. Though most points are reinforced with Christian reasoning, the points made about masculinity in a modern world resonates on it's own. This book gave me insight into some of my own difficulties in taking ownership in my own life. The reader is shown how many men have not been given the cues they may have needed from a father figure in their life, consequently arresting their development into manhood. The roadmap given is very spiritually laden but even from a more over-arching view, the principle is solid. I am a man. I have this one life to do what I'm made to do. If I'm not doing what I'm truly made to do, I'm squandering my existence and betraying my core essence. I found this book encouraging and to be a sort of call to arms. There are only so many days in front of me. I would be best served, living them the way that serves my pre-dispositions.