| 1. Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle | | | | Once he is awakened to the beauty of love, a |
| to fight | | | | man wants to be the hero for his beauty. He |
| Aggression is part of the man's design; they are | | | | wants to charge the castle, slay the giant, leap |
| hard wired for it. Boys yearn to know they are | | | | across parapets, or maybe hit a home run. It's |
| powerful, dangerous, someone to be reckoned | | | | not just that a man needs a battle to fight; he |
| with. | | | | needs someone to fight for. A man yearns for |
| Hockey and boxing were not feminine creations. | | | | romance. |
| A boy wants to attack something and so does a | | | | What about the feminine heart? |
| man. Even if it's only a little white ball on a tee. He | | | | Eldredge explains the three essential desires in a |
| wants to whack it into kingdom come. Like it or | | | | woman's heart: |
| not, the boy is a warrior who grows bored of | | | | Every woman years to be fought for, to be |
| games that have no element of danger or | | | | pursued and to be a priority to someone. |
| competition. | | | | Every woman also wants an adventure to share. |
| Life needs a man to be fierce and fiercely | | | | She doesn't want to be the adventure; she wants |
| devoted. Eldredge reveals how to do that | | | | to be caught up in something greater than herself. |
| throughout his book. | | | | Every woman wants to have a beauty to unveil. |
| 2. Deep in his heart, every man longs for an | | | | It's not just physical beauty. It's a deep desire to |
| adventure to live | | | | truly BE the beauty and be delighted in. |
| There's a reason the American cowboy has taken | | | | How can these insights revitalize your |
| on mythic proportions. He embodies a yearning | | | | relationships? |
| every man knows from very young--to go West, | | | | WILD AT HEART is not about things men can do |
| to find a place where he can be all he was meant | | | | to be nicer guys. It's a book about the recovery |
| to be. That is wild, dangerous, unfettered and | | | | and release of a man's heart, his passion and his |
| free. | | | | true nature. It is an invitation and instruction guide |
| This isn't a macho-man pep rally. It's a search for | | | | for a man to head into the high country of the |
| authentic masculinity. Adventure requires | | | | soul, into wild and uncharted regions, and reclaim |
| something of us, puts us to the test. Though we | | | | your heart. |
| may fear the test, at the same time we yearn | | | | Eldredge invites women to discover the secret of |
| to be tested, to discover that we have what it | | | | a man's soul and to delight in the strength and |
| takes. If a man has lost this desire, says he | | | | wildness men were created to offer. Eldredge |
| doesn't want it, that's only because he believes he | | | | concludes that men, women and children will be |
| will fail the test. So he decides it's better not to | | | | happier and healthier when men are Wild At Heart. |
| try. Eldredge reveals many ways to change that. | | | | He uses biblical references to support his |
| 3. Deep in his heart, every man needs a beauty | | | | recommendations, yet his insights transcend any |
| to rescue. | | | | religious boundaries. |