When he saw his wife cry it gave him the worst feeling in the world.

My good friend Hive account@lexikon082 posted about seeing his wife cry and I understood her tears; they resonated with me because I have shed those tears. I want to assure him, and all men, really, that tears that come out of the blue, that confuse and maybe scare you, are a powerful thing and something that doesn't necessarily have to be scary or confusing - but a woman's tears are something to respect and revere.

It's a girl thing

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't but in my personal experience, and being a lifelong observer of human behavior, we girls cry. We cry when we're happy, mad, sad, and emotionally or psychologically moved. We cry when we're holding ourselves in check from killing people because we're so frustrated. We cry seeing our babies move through milestones. We cry in times of grief and hardship. We emote tears of joy and accomplishment. It's no wonder that guys are confused.

Tears are not a sign of weakness

Make no mistake: tears are not a sign of weakness. It doesn't prove that we are "the weaker sex."

Let me tell you something.

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WATER IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST
POWERS OF NATURE ON THE PLANET.

Do not fuck with those tears.

Water, in its various forms, have the power to create and destroy.

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Life changes

Kids grow. Parents die. Our body changes. Jobs come and go. Hardship happens, but so does an occasional windfall. Friends appear and disappear. Burned bridges. Mended fences. Thankfulness. Prayers for others...

Really, anything and everything can bring on the tears. And that's okay because without that little leak we get once in a while...

well... We might just pop!

And you wouldn't want that to happen.

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