These 5 marks of a man are a path toward better, more meaningful life

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Who we deem worthy of compassion says more about us than almost anything else.

It compels us to donate to charities, give canned goods to food banks and drop coins into the bell ringer’s basket at Christmas. But in America, compassion has its limits. Want to see compassion sucked right out of the room? Mention men. 

But if we feel compassion for populations that are hurting, left behind and in trouble, men must be included. 

When my own son was born, I knew it was my life’s work to raise him into a man. I’d be damned if I allowed him to stay a perpetual boy. (iStock)

Men have an average life expectancy five years less than women. Men commit suicide at four times the rate of women. A recent study claimed 44% of men have contemplated ending their lives in the last two weeks. 

AMERICA’S MEN ARE IN CRISIS AND IT’S ROOTED IN ONE BIG LIE

Men are two times more likely to abuse alcohol than women. One in five men reports having no friends at all, and 44% of men say they feel lonely “sometimes, often, or all the time.” 

Men are drowning, and our

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