Are You A Man or A Muppet?

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I'm a fan of the muppets since childhood when we would watch the muppets and their special guests each week. When my kids were smaller, we loved Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island. In fact, we still watch them today. The 2011 movie "The Muppets" with Jason Segal and Amy Adams was a great return to classic muppet movies. Today's podcast title comes from a song that won an Oscar from that movie: Man or Muppet.

If we never ask ourselves questions about who we are and where we are at in life, it isn't good for us as men. We need to always be willing to reflect and see where we are as men. We are going to talk about what makes a muppet and how a lot of men are living their life as muppets and not real men.

The Caricature

• The reality of muppets is they are caricatures of people and they aren't real
• Men will often allow themselves to become caricatures and they stop being authentic as men
• The Caricature of Peer Pressure
• The Caricature of Acting
• The Caricature of Self-Rejection
• As men, we must always focus on making sure we are growing authentically and haven't moved into just being a caricature of a man

The Controlled

• Muppets are controlled and I think that is something men have to think about today
• I'm talking about men who allow society,  people, or the lie to control them
• Society
• People
• The Lie

The Comic Relief

• What makes the muppets so popular...they are funny
• As men, we have to make sure that we don't fall into the singular role of comic relief
• We should develop all sides of ourselves as men and not get relegated to the funny guy
• We want to be men who can be funny but are also capable of having serious discussions and taking care of business when we need to
• Too many men have adopted the role of comic relief in life and they are typecast in that role
• Men can be fun, but they also need to know when to get serious with life and all that life brings their way