The Crack Shack (San Diego, CA)

To quote Buddha... there is no punishment for anger, anger is the punishment

Had an interesting thought today... 

In a country that is for all intents and purposes overpopulated and facing a serious gender inequity, maybe nature is balancing. The fastest way to reduce a population is to fight nature. You cannot fight the stream and change it's course, it will only change yours. When there are more men then women, the women become more desirable and necessary for life to continue. This will eventually lead to a power shift as well, as women are more valued due to their scarcity they will gain power. Many males will inevitably pass without finding partners, leading to a natural reduction in the population and eventually returning balance. 

Women in the US which I am most familiar with have gained power and respect as they have taken it in many aspects. They have also earned their confidence and forced others to see their value. Either way the result will inevitably be the same, just at 2 different stages that have repeated throughout the course of human history. With great power comes great responsibility...

I was watching Diary of a CEO on YouTube interviewing Chris Williamson. Chris pointed out some interesting statistics about men and women and dating, specifically in the online dating realm. 84% of the women polled said they preferred a man to make the first move and initiate conversation. Women are gaining more of a voice and also becoming more financially secure. While many men seem to be floundering and losing sight of the value of the women in their lives. Possibly because they have lost sight of the value of the women in their lives. 

There is a lesson here, one that most men have learned at some point in their life. If you want something for whatever reason, either purely aesthetic or genuine life partner, YOU are going to have to go up and talk to it. As women have strengthened their voice, they have also stripped men of the strength of our voice, not necessarily for the worse. That also means that women have lost the convenience of just showing up ready for a night out and expected men to do all the work. If you want a life partner type relationship you are going to have to put in the work. Ask your grandfathers or any older men about the lengths they went to, to woo their future spouses.  

You may be wondering why I'm bringing this up? Well, men are losing their confidence and when they lose their confidence they don't work harder or try harder, they head in the opposite direction. To all the women out their looking for the right partner and not finding it, now is the time to take responsibility for your lack of effort. You have always had the power to restore men's confidence, but maybe you never realized how much power you have to take it as well and after doing it long enough, well we are seeing what happens. 

I'm not saying all of the responsibility is on you, but consider the world you want your children to grow up in? Do you want them to be too afraid to talk to each other because how it could be misperceived? If men can do it you can do it too, otherwise you have no one to blame but yourself. 

 Men, reconnect with nature, look inside and find your inner peace, show gratitude to everyone in your life and regain your confidence, life was never intended to be easy.