Call to be a Gentleman

Being a gentleman is just as revelant today as it was in the medieval ages.

The medieval ideal taught humility and forbearance to the great warrior because everyone knew by experience how much he usually needed that lesson. It demanded valour of the urbane and modest man because everyone knew that he was as likely as not to be a milksop. - C.S. Lewis, The Necessity of Chivalry

Look at the rise of books such as Wild at Heart, and The Barbarian Way. They call on us to recapture our hearts, to raise our courage, and to be the gentlemen we were created to be. Great movies like Braveheart and The Patriot stir hidden longings inside of us men.

Stand up for life and what's right. Fight for your loved ones.

Or even just open the door for girls. Walk them to their door when you drop them off at home. Not just the women you like, but all of them. Small examples of gentlemanly strength are hard to find today.

Take this example from Sir Thomas Malory's, Le Morte Darthur:

"Thou wert the meekest man", says Sir Ector to the dead Launcelot. "Thou were the meekest man that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest."