Men take life way too seriously.
Our jobs. Our lawns. Our sports. Our cars. Our religion. Pick your poison, dudes, but I bet there’s something in your life you could be accused of “taking too seriously.”
Well, I’m here to remind you that life’s too darn short to take seriously.
In the end, it’s just a job. In the end, it’s just a lawn. In the end it’s just a game and a car and a contrived set of rules and customs.
In this final installment of the Alphabet of Manly Virtues, I propose to you that Z is for zany. Let me explain.
What a fun word, zany. It means amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic. And ain’t that our God to a T?
Certainly, the world is full of serious things: War. Famine. Disease. Slavery. Malnutrition. Politicians.
But let us not match the seriousness of the world with in-kind seriousness.
Rather, let us respond with the zaniness of God.
Let us be goofy and silly and absolutely joy-filled.
Let us go into the world with love and whimsy.
Far too often we believe the only way to deal with serious things is with more seriousness. We put on faces of such reverence, such dour constitution, that we miss the beauty and zest of the life in front of us. Continue reading