Don’t Be Afraid of Your Tears

The excerpt for this week is from Maria Shriver‘s March 04, 2023 Sunday Paper.

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.” —Charlotte Brontë

“I love the above quote because it challenges us to rethink something as simple and natural as crying. It takes something that many people associate with weakness and reframes it into an act of being alive. So many of us are afraid to cry. We’re afraid to open the floodgates of our emotions. We sometimes even go to extraordinary lengths not to feel or cry. We build up walls to ensure that our tears never see the light of day. I definitely was one of those people who viewed crying as a weakness…..”