As I was reading Finding Flow, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, many interesting thoughts came to my mind. Most people would say it is bad to cry and they would rather not, it shows weakness and just makes us feel bad. I disagree with this probably more than anyone else out there.
Crying to me is one of the best things you can do. I believe you can see clearly after the rain, or in this case after the tears. Yes you may feel weak at first giving in to your weaknesses and just letting it out but it truly is a feeling of relief. My friends and I have talked about this concept a lot. They always ask me why I think crying is so helpful and how I find time to cry. It is a personal thing for sure. I feel so much better after I cry, I try not to cry in public because although I like feeling weak and giving in to my emotions sometimes I don't think others should know this about me because then it makes me seem like I am lesser of a person. Which is not the case at all.
I am happier after I cry. It is a feeling of relief that washes over me because I know that now I can conquer whatever was bugging me or hurting me before. Now I am in control of the situation and feel stronger. I think everyone should try it. Do you feel frustrated, or helpless, or maybe discouraged, stressed out? Then let it all out, shed a few tears, I promise you'll feel better!
1 comment:
I totally agree that crying is a good thing sometimes. Sometimes there is nothing better than giving in to your biggest weakness and letting out all that you have held inside. In an emotional sense crying is definitely good.
On the same note though sometimes when you start crying you can't stop-to the point where you don't even remember what you were crying about in the first place. And then you become red eyed with an aching head, sometimes at that point it doesn't seem worth it. I feel that any time you look back on what you have cried about and it doesn't seem worth it is when you have let another persons emotions affect you. I remember i came home form school crying one day after a fellow student had died. My dad said, "well did you know him?" "no." Then he talked to me about how it was sad that this kid had dies, but ultimately people die all the time. This kid was just as anonymous to me as the other hundreds of people that had died that day. But the reason i was upset was because the people around me were upset. As my dad said that is never a good thing. A person should cry for their own reasons.
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