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i think i cry a little bit more than most people, but i used to cry a lot. I used to live in an environment that brought me to tears nearly every day. It wasn’t sad crying, moreso a warming of the heart, but i was embarrassed to be crying all the time there. Once i was crying and i apologized to the man sitting next to me. He had just arrived a few days prior, we didn’t really know each other, but he looked at me and smiled and he said that crying just means you’re melting. This is something i always try to say to criers.
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I generally don’t cry often, so my tears somehow feel like a precious resource. A resource I like to spend on beautiful words, or hard thoughts, or collections of music and images that make me feel something.
I cried at the end of a really good book last night. It felt like paying homage to the author, to the story of suffering that had been told. An acknowledgement of the hardship and triumph told over just a few hundred pages.
Or the other week, I cried because I realised how hard it is for me to ask for help, and I allowed myself to mourn that loss - the opportunities for connection, for honesty, that I don’t even allow people that are close to me to make. I wrote about three pages in my journal about those years, because I know I want to change that about myself. I can be sad about it, but I still want to move on.
The point is, I hope you let yourself cry sometimes, because I think there is something in everyone’s life that deserves a few tears every now and then.
Mar 23, 2025
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i am beyond grateful that my parents taught me the importance of crying at a young age. seeing my dad break his facade of unflinching masculinity made me realize it was okay for me to feel outwardly, no matter what it was that i felt flowing through me. today i am so happy to be able to cry in the same capacity in which i laugh and love and yearn and hurt. i know crying is a prerequisite for living but it seems that lots of people forget it’s catharsis and the fact they came into this world doing it.
Jun 27, 2024
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sometimes when i see my friends laugh, their facial expressions give me a glimpse of what they would look like if they were crying and it makes me sad and then im extra kind to them because i dont want them to ever be sad
Jan 27, 2024
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I think the joy of candy is akin to the joy of nicotine, or the joy of going viral. While these dopamine hits may not be conducive to a traditional steady and meaningful life I think it is important to know where you are and meet yourself there. My favorite lollipops are See’s vanilla lollipops and the carmel and green apple lollipops. I also like mallow cups, nerd ropes, three musketeers, payday’s, justin’s peanut butter cups, licorice yorkie dogs, peach gummies, hamburger and pizza gummies, and chocolate. When i eat chocolate i feel like a woman.
Aug 1, 2023
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Carry them in your purse as a good luck charm and talk to them at home
Aug 1, 2023
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The Swiss brand Curaprox. It’s practical, understated, and elegant. It’s a great gift as well for that person in your life whom you love dearly but may not want to make eye contact with or touch.
Aug 1, 2023