When a Real Man Cries: A Meditation on Jordan Peterson’s First Rule for Life

Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back

I begin this meditation with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek as I respond, somewhat saucily, to Dr. Peterson’s assertion in his first chapter of Twelve Rules for Life, which chapter this meditation is treating, “Most people don’t often think about lobsters.” Evidently, Dr. Peterson has not spent a good deal of time in Maine. Downeast, where I live,…