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2 Traits I’m Noticing In Men Who Are Tapped Into Their Divine Masculinity

From a female perspective.

Recently, I’ve been watching a lot of sports. The Cricket World Cup is going on.

The men on the field, apart from painfully reminding me that I’m single as a stick, have been inspiring me in so many other ways.

I’ve watched enough matches and there’s one thing that’s been standing out to me with regards to some of these players.

The divine masculine energy.

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Calm in Chaos

“Nothing is more attractive than a man who can stand his ground like a tree in the storm” — every woman ever.

You don’t have to worry about stepping on some eggshell that bruises their ego. You don’t have to mother them. You don’t have to resort to silly mind games with these men.

They’re way too sorted for any of that.

Or at least they appear so.

It’s not that these men cruise through life.

They go through their fair share of crap. In fact, they go through a lot but the world doesn’t know about it. They don’t broadcast about it. They don’t sit online complaining about it.

They just deal with it, with a good attitude and healthy coping mechanisms.

When it comes to sports, you see this in real-time.

You see someone like Roger Federer, one of the greatest tennis players ever, on the brink of losing a match.

Or you see an M.S Dhoni, stepping up to take an entire team’s burden on himself when they’re about to lose.

But the match just goes on, like the world just goes on.

The players keep playing despite the odds, like you do what you need to do despite your feelings about it.

The divine masculine understands that the world doesn’t stop for anyone. And that a man’s greatest strength lies in taking control not of his circumstances, but of his own thoughts and actions.

That’s what separates good players who break their tennis rackets or slur at their opponents, from legendary players like Federer or Dhoni.

That’s what separates the masculine from the egotists, which brings me to my second observation.

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Ego What?

There’s something I’ve learned and observed about the nature of fame and ego.

You don’t become legendary without experiencing humiliation first. And humiliation is always just around the corner for most famous people. Yet, only some become legends.

Here’s the secret about the ego.

It’s always just waiting to get shattered.

Because, it wants to give way to a new ego — one of the divine masculine kind.

It’s awaiting its own evolution, just like everything else in creation.

This new ego realizes that there are many things in life bigger than itself. So it laughs at itself. Humiliation doesn’t exist in its dictionary anymore. Failures and successes are just waves in the ocean now.

This ego, is humble.

There’s no pomp and show. There’s no pride.

This very nature of it, brings it lasting fame.

Not short-term popularity of the TikTok kind, but a fame that transcends generations.

But why’s that?

Because, when we see a famous but humble person, we can’t help but want to become like them. We may think it’s their fame that’s pulling us in like a magnet. Or their skills and talents. It’s not.

It’s their humility in the face of massive fame and award-worthy recognition.

The other day, I was in awe of Glenn Maxwell. He is an Australian cricketer who gave one of the greatest innings of history in the World Cup match, all while being injured in a rather painful way.

This man played with cramped legs. He could not even move on the ground without looking like a funny little penguin. I’m not exaggerating.

Yet, he gave his best, and he switched the odds upside down. From a lowly 12% chance of winning, he led his entire team, alone, to the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup.

In the end, he mocked his own little penguin walk, while receiving the “Man of the Match” award. He had the audacity to attribute his record-setting innings to luck.

Would you be surprised at all if I told you that this man has a huge fanbase in India?

It’s humility that makes a man a role model. It’s what made Virat Kohli, another world-class cricketer, go from being hated by most people to now being the most loved cricketer in India. His Instagram followers count is the highest of any celebrity in India.

It’s not because he became a better cricketer. He was always a great cricketer.

He just became humble.

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