A man beneath the armor of work and responsibility is still a boy who wants to play. Nietzsche said a real man hides a child inside him, and if you give that child to the wrong person, they can break it. Protect that part of yourself.
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Every man in this room knows what it feels like to be the warrior. You go out every day, fight battles at work, pay the bills, fix the car, coach the kids' team. You wear that armor, you carry the sword. But what happens when you finally take the armor off? Inside that armor is a boy, a child who wants to laugh, to play, to feel free. And here's the hard truth: if you hand the boy to the wrong person, he can get burned. Nietzsche once said, "In the true man, there is a child hidden. It wanted to play. And a man wanted woman as the most dangerous plaything." It sounds harsh, but he was onto something. And that's where our law begins. Protect your child, respect her fire.