And within the eyes of the boys … you will see if you look: emptiness, hopelessness, meaninglessness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nYes, MDI makes countless moves to restore a mature masculine leader to support a return to a healthy masculinity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the urgency, the stated purpose, the mission out front … it has been watered down, weakened by perhaps the same forces that are tearing down men and the very fabric of our society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presently, it could be true that our men are more insular with a main focus on their own personal success rather than a bigger picture. If not focusing on a division, they may bring a level of care to mainly their teams and on rare occasion only expanding to include their smaller individual selves. Perhaps those are the men who need a punch in the arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter, it’s never too late. There is indeed a broadened reason we gather like we do … AND we can dig even deeper and traverse ever higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can make the drive stronger, so much so that the state of the union for MDI will have at the forefront a driven desire to reclaim and restore the highest form of masculinity, one that will not only save lives and marriages but also our very own society itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Anthony EllisLegacy Magazine Editor The state of the union for MDI – such a broad theme, covering such a wide landscape. For me, the question climbs higher than a weekly circle-up of men looking for fun, camaraderie and support … and elevates towards a world view – a humanity level – benchmarks we can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-back-to-work"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
What Does MDI Fight For? - MDI - Mentoring men to live with excellence - Men's Teams<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n