{"id":6467,"date":"2009-10-10T22:56:29","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T03:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2021-06-03T10:08:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:08:18","slug":"manvotional-advice-to-my-son-by-j-peter-meinke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/manvotional-advice-to-my-son-by-j-peter-meinke\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvotional: &#8220;Advice to My Son&#8221; by J. Peter Meinke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2009\/10\/fatherson1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6468 size-full\" title=\"vintage father and son row boat\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2009\/10\/fatherson1.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage father and son in a rowboat.\" width=\"216\" height=\"290\"\/><\/a><em>Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/anniebee\/44502703\/\">anniebee<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Advice to my Son<\/h3>\n<p>by J. Peter Meinke<\/p>\n<p>The trick is, to live your days<br \/>\nas if each one may be your last<br \/>\n(for they go fast, and young men lose their lives<br \/>\nin strange and unimaginable ways)<br \/>\nbut at the same time, plan long range<br \/>\n(for they go slow; if you survive<br \/>\nthe shattered windshield and the bursting shell<br \/>\nyou will arrive<br \/>\nat our approximation here below<br \/>\nof heaven or hell).<\/p>\n<p>To be specific, between the peony and the rose<br \/>\nplant squash and spinach, turnips and tomatoes;<br \/>\nbeauty is nectar<br \/>\nand nectar, in the desert, saves \u2013<br \/>\nbut the stomach craves stronger sustenance<br \/>\nthan the honied vine.<br \/>\nTherefore, marry a pretty girl<br \/>\nafter seeing her mother;<br \/>\nshow your soul to one man,<br \/>\nwork with another;<br \/>\nand always serve bread with your wine.<br \/>\nBut, son,<br \/>\nAlways serve wine.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Hat tip to Andy Luscombe for this Manvotional selection)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image from anniebee Advice to my Son by J. Peter Meinke The trick is, to live your days as if each one may be your last (for they go fast, and young men lose their lives in strange and unimaginable ways) but at the same time, plan long range (for they go slow; if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,42272],"tags":[42295],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-6467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-manhood","tag-manvotionals"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2009\/10\/fatherson1-216x280.jpg","aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2009\/10\/fatherson1-216x230.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6467"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127685,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions\/127685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6467"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}