Tears.

"Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak."

The words of 'Papa' (God), in the book The Shack.

I love these words because I see such truth in them...maybe it's just because it backs up my argument that tears are good and we should never try to shut them in, but still, I see truth in them somehow.

I tend to cry a lot, especially lately and I do not care at all. Sometimes I get told by the people closest to me to try to calm down (stop my tears). I don't mind this because they are looking out for me and they just want what is best for me and to be honest, I guess crying less would help me right now because it tends to wear me out, but I cannot help it. As the quote says, tears are the very words we don't know how to speak or the words we just can't or don't want to speak. They express something in us that nothing or no-one else can. They relieve, well, usually, some of the emotions whirling around inside of us which then helps with healing that may be needed or whatever else is needed so we can then move on.

All I know for myself is that tears will always come and they are never a sign of weakness, a sign that should be hidden. Tears are instead, an expression of what we are travelling through at that very moment - they express part of who we are, even if just for a glimmer.

Always know that someone is there to cling to through the tears you cry. It doesn't always appear that way and sometimes we would rather cry alone, but there is power in sharing your burden and your pain.

Cry those tears freely and know that with them healing can come. x

Storms.

I don't really know what to write and right now I do not seem to be writing very much. It just makes you think what you do when things don't always go the way you planned. What do we normally do? We shut ourselves away from the world, we wallow in our self pity and just focus completely on us. Why is that?! Wouldn't it be better for us to focus on the better part of life, to focus on what life could be right now if we let it???

I dislike storms very much. I hate how they make you feel. I hate how they hurt. I hate how they make you cry tears you never thought you had. I hate how they make life seem completely ugly when it is in fact completely beautiful.

However, storms are there for a purpose and believe it or not, they make you into the person you should and need to be, not only for yourself but for those who also depend on you in some way or another.

I'm watching PS I Love You and Holly goes through rubbish that most of us will never even come close to and yet what does she do?? Yes, she wallows in self pity but surely she is entitled to that, but she is changed for the better. Through all the rubbish and the hurt and the pain, she grasps hold of the moment, works through it and carries on with her dream. Her storm, in some way, makes her move into her dream.

Amazing...beautiful...incredible...graspable by all of us...