Being a good brother,
is much like raising a child.
Children need to experience the realities of life with some level of a guardrail.
They need to understand a knife could seriously injure them,
You do not want the lesson to cost them a finger,
But you understand, they will never TRULY understand, unless they get cut.
Have you ever unintentionally cut yourself with a knife?
Deep?
THAT is what taught you, knives are nothing to play with.
Being a brother is the same, you should not shield your brother from every consequence of his actions.
You are just the guardrail.
Ready to shield in case the consequences might break him or are deemed too severe.
Anything less is abuse.
You cannot shelter man from reality, not forever.
So the best thing you can do for him is to acclimate him to it.
I'm not here to make sure my brother doesn't experience pain and hardship.
I am here to make sure it is never too much for him to bear.
Anything less,
trying to create a dreamland, a fantasy, where no matter what they do nothing can go wrong?
That creates weak men.
And you cannot guarantee to always be around to protect them from hard times.
Make the men around you stronger and more resilient.
That requires allowing them to experience the consequences of their actions.
Anything less is not love.
Superheroes all have one thing in common.
They were forged in some form of hell.
One of the many lessons that makes THE WAR ROOM the greatest brotherhood on Earth.
Like a good brother,
We make our brothers stronger.
is much like raising a child.
Children need to experience the realities of life with some level of a guardrail.
They need to understand a knife could seriously injure them,
You do not want the lesson to cost them a finger,
But you understand, they will never TRULY understand, unless they get cut.
Have you ever unintentionally cut yourself with a knife?
Deep?
THAT is what taught you, knives are nothing to play with.
Being a brother is the same, you should not shield your brother from every consequence of his actions.
You are just the guardrail.
Ready to shield in case the consequences might break him or are deemed too severe.
Anything less is abuse.
You cannot shelter man from reality, not forever.
So the best thing you can do for him is to acclimate him to it.
I'm not here to make sure my brother doesn't experience pain and hardship.
I am here to make sure it is never too much for him to bear.
Anything less,
trying to create a dreamland, a fantasy, where no matter what they do nothing can go wrong?
That creates weak men.
And you cannot guarantee to always be around to protect them from hard times.
Make the men around you stronger and more resilient.
That requires allowing them to experience the consequences of their actions.
Anything less is not love.
Superheroes all have one thing in common.
They were forged in some form of hell.
One of the many lessons that makes THE WAR ROOM the greatest brotherhood on Earth.
Like a good brother,
We make our brothers stronger.