Sometimes I just need a good cry! You?

...where a good cry – a hearty release of emotion – feels so good and cleansing? Just pouring out the strain in your muscles, letting down your shoulders, feeling the tension melt-away with each ugly sob. Even if nothing is really wrong and everything is actually ok, a good cry is just what you need. How else do you massage your emotions? How else do you really relax your heart and dump your over-thinking thoughts?

It is often prompted when I read something – usually during morning time with God – that touches a buried emotion I didn’t know was laying there. Buried under the muck of life’s busyness, something set aside for later that just never gets dealt with. It could be a misspoken word or thought or reaction from me, by me, toward me that just landed wrong in the moment but not enough to derail the moment. It a general unease that builds up like dirt under fingernails and it feels so good to release it even without understanding it.

I’m usually exhausted if the cry is deep and thorough. I’m free of the weight of those things and I feel clean in that moment because I have been truly real, honest and sincere in my emotions. I have released all pretense and pride and selfishness before Him and he has read my heart and knows just what I need to be restored. I trust Him in that. My conscience is wiped clean, my heart is washed clean, my soul is ready to get up and face another day. Laughter brings relief, tears bring release. There’s nothing like a good cry.