I was inspired to write this by a post I read earlier, I do not claim to speak for every man here and I would not dare to try so I will speak for myself:

I know that I cannot remotely comprehend the terrible things many of you have experianced in your lives. So I will make the following promises to you all.

I will conduct myself in your presence, with dignity, breeding and good taste. I will always listen to what you say with an open mind, and a receptive heart. I will learn to empathize with what you go through. I promise only to help, never to judge, for I am not qualified to judge. I promise to offer healing where I can, and sympathy where I cannot. I promise to respect you for the inner beauty, wisdom and intellegence, each of you possess. I promise to be a source of strength and comfort for all of you, and above all else I promise to simply listen.

I thank each of you for all that you are, and welcome the contributions each of you make to my understanding of the world arround me.

sincerly

TJ