Intimacy is about growing more than you could by yourself, through the art of manual gifting. - David Deida

[To the masculine lover] Without a deep sense of purpose to direct your daily life, you will be directed by externals-financial need, your children’s needs, your lover’s needs-and you will begin to blame them for your lack of fulfillment. You will feel trapped in obligations, and your resentments will show. You will hold back in your relationships with your lover and family, not really wanting to be there, unsure what else to do, mired in ambiguity, guilt, and anger. Your actions will lack integrity and follow-through. Your feminine lover won’t be able to trust you in everyday life or open to you sexually.

In our new world, a man’s presence — his depth of awareness — is his most valuable asset. A man’s worth can be found in his depth of being.

Every moment waited is a moment wasted....