Why We Cry

From the middle of summer til now, I've cried a lot. There were various reasons, but rarely were they happy ones. We as human beings cry to let out emotions that we otherwise have a hard time expressing. If I go through something I find tragic, I would cry instead of hitting things, simply because I'm not really a violent person. Others who are would probably end up punching or kicking something, but end up crying later on anyway.
Crying can be a good thing. It lets out a lot of bottled up emotions. We cry because we were hurt in some way, or we were moved by something.
Over this difficult time in my life, I realized many things from the events that caused my reasons for crying:

Family problems will make you feel helpless. Your world will feel like it's been shaken and turned upside down. Imagine God having you and your family in a snow globe and just violently shaking the flakes that make up your world. You can't do anything about it; you can just stay strong for your family. Be someone they can lean on in their time of need; after all, you depended on them for most of your life. It's time you give something back. Yeah, I've tried to force myself not to cry during this situation, but of course I did in the end. I did it because I love my family. I felt so lost when they were in trouble. After a night's worth of anger and sobbing, I made myself "man up" and take responsibility as the oldest kid in the family. I couldn't have done it without my brother William though; he's my rock.

As for relationship problems, we as human beings will always make stupid mistakes. It could probably be because we were trying to satisfy ourselves right at that minute, or it could be that we realize something that was in our hearts the whole time, and did not bring it out to light until it was too late. Love hurts, I'm not going to lie. It'll hurt even more when you feel mistreated, or if you feel like you mistreated someone you love. Here's where crying would calm your hearts: the emotions that run wild will feel so painful that it's like a knife stabbing you over and over again without stopping. But once you're done crying, a lot of stress would be let out; the painful stabbing feeling tends to die down, and you can find time to concentrate on other things that should be considered more important.

Life in general: I'm a college student. I know what it's like to be under such a big amount of stress that I have no one and nowhere to turn to. I have quite a few freshman friends that are already going through it right now. My solution? Hide in the small corner, cry until you feel like sleeping, go to sleep, and wake up ready to do work. Don't believe it'll work? You'd be amazed.

I spent my whole life believing that crying was an embarrasing thing. It's not,really. It's a form of de-stresser, it lets out bottled emotions, and it actually strengthens the spirit inside of you.