Now, as men, we must unlearn. We must tell the younger ones: It’s okay to say “I’m not alright.” It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to feel. It’s okay to be a man and be soft.
Because softness is not weakness.
It is survival.
It is truth.
It is strength in its most honest form.
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We were told vulnerability was a luxury we couldn’t afford. That softness was dangerous. That emotions were feminine. That to feel deeply was to fail masculinity.
And yet—how deeply we felt
SOFTNESS IS NOT WEAKNESS
IT IS STRENGTH IN IT'S MOST HONEST FORM
Now, as men, we must unlearn. We must tell the younger ones: It’s okay to say “I’m not alright.” It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to feel. It’s okay to be a man and be soft. Because softness is not weakness. It is survival. It is truth. It is strength in its most honest form.
We were told vulnerability was a luxury we couldn’t afford. That softness was dangerous. That emotions were feminine. That to feel deeply was to fail masculinity. And yet—how deeply we felt SOFTNESS IS NOT WEAKNESS IT IS STRENGTH IN IT'S MOST HONEST FORM