Emotions

[Butterflywoman]

When it comes to emotions I believe you should not stuff them or hurt people with them, you should process them. This means . . .

Identifying the feeling.
Talking about it.
Writing about it.
Feeling it completely.
Accepting it.
Letting it go (this sometimes means forgiveness)
Then move on to the next chapter in your life.

A big part of processing for me is crying. Here is my favorite quote about the value of tears.

(Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Women Who run With the Wolves.) Tears are a river that take you somewhere. Weeping creates a river around the boat that carries your soul life. Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off the dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace new, someplace better. There are oceans of tears women have never cried, for they have been trained to carry mother’s and father’s secrets to the grave. A woman’s crying has been considered quite dangerous, for it loosens the locks and bolts on the secrets she bears. But in truth, for the sake of a woman’s wild soul, it is better to cry. For women, tears are the beginning of initiation into the Scar Clan, that timeless tribe of women of all colors, all nations, all languages, who down through the ages have lived through a great something, and yet who stood proud.

[DSodaNow]

Thanks for this post. Reading it gives me sense of peace today.

[BUTTERFLY-7]

Tears are Paradox it Cleanses the Soul

[indigo]

Thank you.

hugs indie

[justjo]

Thanks. You know, this is one thing as a woman I have always had trouble with. I hold back crying, and when I do, no-one can be around. Your post has definately made me think, would it really hurt me to cry?
JJ