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Someone asked me how to dry their tears one day... I said to let them flow I meant let them pour like a storm Because all drying tears prematurely ever did for me was create more later Being sad and crying when we need to is as important for us as choosing to be happy When did suppression of emotion become our new normal anyway When did we start to say that how we felt didn’t matter and should be hidden When did we put on new masks to cover old masks I know for me it was very early in life I was told crying was selfish and made other people’s lives harder, it made my mothers life harder What rubbish My mother made her own life harder through her choice of how she viewed it What I needed to be the purest expression of myself, and that meant being allowed to accept all of myself, tears included Crying doesn’t hurt you Not crying can hurt you a lot I once cried for seven hours I’m still breathing I still chose to be happy the next day So when you need to, let the tears go They dry when their purpose is met... ❤️ Trudi Jane Love and Light, Michelle Price