Day 6

"It is better to cry than to be angry because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleanses the heart"-Pope John Paull II

I absolutely love this quote.  It speaks to me.  I hardly get angry.  It takes a whole lot to get me angry.  But crying, that is a different story.  I am most definitely a crier.  I cry for every emotion!  Happy, sad, pride, anger....  I cry during movies, even sappy commercials.  The tears just flow for me.  When I am sad, angry, or frustrated, nothing makes me feel better than a good cry.  It is cleansing.  I have read somewhere that it is impossible to cry too much.  That everyone will eventually fall asleep.  Think of how interesting that is.  We cry ourselves to sleep as babies, and then we we grow up, we cry ourselves to sleep when things get tough.  We cleanse ourselves so well, we can sleep like a baby.  I just think that is a pretty cool idea.  Think of how different the world would be if men handled anger the way most women do.  We cry... we let it out.  We hardly ever act on our anger violently.  Where as men, they get angry and hurt others.  This happens in bar fights.  This happens in terrorism.  This happens in wars.  What would happen if instead, all of these men cried?  Cleansed their souls.  I think only then could the world be peaceful.  Pope John Paul II knew a thing or two about that.  And always strived for peace.  I wouldn't be surprised if he was speaking about peace when he said that.  For me, the two ideas walk hand in hand.