Manhood

"How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?"
-Bob Dylan

It's funny how I've been minorly obsessed with this topic that is sooo ill defined. To make myself more clear, here is the "6 Steps of Manhood" I came up with for an Advanced Public Speaking course I took....

6 Steps of Manhood

1. 
   
   Basic Car Maintenance (changing flat tire, etc)
2. 
   
   Learning how to Grill
3. 
   
   Dont know
4. 
   
   Dont know
5. 
   
   Dont know
6. 
   
   Hanging Dry Wall

So according to this list, I'm not a man until I hang drywall! Ahh! That can't be the case. So what is it then? I guess one of the reasons I question my manhood is the amount of time I DONT spend shaving, how I secretly (or I guess, not so secretly) watch the bachelor/bachelorette, and how I have an extreme phobia of wasps (while REAL MEN crush them with their hands and throw the remains in the trash!).

But even when you talk about all those things, I could make the argument that I'm a man because I shot a 12 gauge shotgun right?

Overall though I think I continually think about this quest for manhood because deep down, I think it has to do with being a man of God, being a good father (with all the fruits of the spirit), and being a good husband. My father portrays this picture beautifully! If I ever become half the man he is then I would be a great man, great father, and great husband. Right now though, I'm so far from that. I'm not just talking about being soo far from marriage (never having a gf, yikes!), and having kids and what not, but I think I also need to gain the fruits of the spirit and be a true man of God.