Friday, February 18, 2011

Tears

( I don't own this picture, got this off google pictures)

Beautiful things. There are two types of tears. Tears of joy and tears of sorrow. Tears of joy, when you are so happy, you are overwhelmed with happiness, you just start crying.

Tears of sorrow. When we are kids, we cry when we don't get our way, someone steals our favorite toy at playtime, and little things like that.

But when we are older, tears of sorrow come when you are in so much pain, sorrow and anguish, you cry. If you cry too much, you are a crybaby. I might be considered that. Fact, for me, crybaby's cry over every little thing. I cry when I'm upset, and sadly, less often when I am in overjoy mode. The last time that happened was when God showed me that I would be a mother after doubts I wouldn't last semester.

I still cry a lot, but I have not always been good at holding it in. If I try, it overwhelms me. Others may think I'm a crybaby, but I really am not. In fact, there are times I wanted to cry but I did not. People think strength is holding it in. But I disagree. Tears are beautiful. They show we aren't afraid to cry. It is not showing shameful weakness, but weakness of a humble kind. It is ok to be weak, it's ok to feel and it's ok to hurt. Life isn't easy, for anyone. Even the happiest of people hurt sometimes. God is what should strengthen us, and He gave us the ability to cry. Tears are art, art for those so lost, so alone, so in pain, they cry from the depths of their soul.

I also believe that the rain isn't just for making things grow, or giving us grief if there is constant downpour, but God's tears. Whether tears of joy or sadness, dunno, cause I'm not God.

One think men should note, and I think this is obvious, is when you see makeup, especially mascara running down her face, she's in tears.

I think I finally figured out why some men are not sure what to do when a girl cries, and I should have seen this sooner. It's because it's against what they are taught, that men don't cry. So when they see the socially constructed gender "made" (bull puckey) to cry, they are unsure what to do.

I see broken men as human. We all have things that wear us down. While I like seeing my guy friends happy, I'm not going to judge or make fun of them when they are down, crying, etc. I think they are strong cause they aren't afraid to cry, or feel. And no, that doesn't make them gay. That's what annoys me about society.

To recap, tears= beautiful side of pain. True, if it's crying in pain, not so pleasant to see, but there is beauty in it.

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