Excerpt from men's group letter of intent

Who am I?  
I'm a 31 year old, creative, passionate, inspired, ambitious, loyal, and dedicated man.  I am a yogi and seeker of truth, love, compassion, joy, freedom, and fulfillment.  I am a dreamer and daily meditator.  I am an athlete, a mountaineer, and a world traveler.  I am gratefully sober.  I am a multifaceted being seeking to bridge the gap between where I stand today and where I dream to go.  

What do I want?  
I want to be deeply in love with life.  I want to connect deeply with people and all of life.  I want to love and be loved deeply.  I want to thrive in my health and physical being.  I want to face my fears and overcome limitations.  I want to be a calm, compassionate, confident, humble, and powerful man.  I want to always be growing in consciousness and spirituality.  I want to surrender to the ever changing situations life offers and flow playfully through experiences.  I want to be useful and serve my community and the world.  I want to create a life that is of my choosing, earning a living doing things that I love.  I want to expand in abundance, success, and love while inspiring others to do the same.   

What do I want to receive from the Men's Group?
I want to receive support and encouragement.  I want to have a place to explore my fear and vulnerability.  I want to learn to build deeper and more authentic connections with people.  I want to learn to love myself more deeply.  

What do I offer to bring to the Men's Group?
I offer to bring an open heart, an open mind, and a willingness to work.  I offer to bring a passion for growth and greater love.  I offer to bring my support for the Brothers, their dreams and goals.  I offer to bring my ears and a openness to listen deeply.  I offer to bring my brain and a willingness to share knowledge that I have been afforded that could be useful to others.  

My experience with personal growth work:
I have been reading books on personal growth and self help for as long as I can remember.  Though, the real work for me began 3 years ago when I got sober.  At that time, life had brought me to a place that you could call "rock bottom".  It was an extremely painful and confusing period of my life to go through but, looking back, I see that it was all a blessing in disguise.  I see that these darkest days of my life created within me an immense desire to be healthy, to grow, and to embrace my spiritual nature.  I see that "rock bottom" became a perfect place from which to build a strong and sturdy foundation for life.  These past 3 years have been an amazing journey.  I have been an active member of 12 step recovery groups during this time and I have a great respect for their effectiveness in helping people find solutions to life's challenges.  I am extremely grateful to experience life today as a spiritual being having a human experience.  I continue to read books on growth, spirituality, abundance, sex, creativity, etc. everyday.  I have also become a fan of listening to some podcasts on these topics.  I learned about men's groups by listening to a great podcast by Tripp Lanier called The New Man Podcast (highly recommended).