Tears Are Words the Heart Can’t Say

Crying is not weakness. It is a release

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We cry when words fail us. Sometimes language is too thin, too weak, too small to carry what we feel. A tear will say what the tongue cannot. It slips past defenses, past pride, and past the need to explain. Tears are honest. They reveal the truth when speech falters.

Grief, joy, fear, and love all find their way out through tears. A child cries when the world feels too big. An adult cries when the world feels too heavy. In both cases, the heart is speaking in the only way it can.

Crying is not weakness. It is a release. To hold in tears is to hold in a tide. You can keep it down for a time, but it builds. The moment it spills, it tells the story of what was hidden. A broken dream. A sharp memory. A quiet joy too deep for words.

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Many of us learn to hide tears. We are told to be strong, to hold them back. Yet what could be stronger than to show what we feel? What could be braver than to stand in our truth without a shield? A tear does not diminish us. It frees us.

Think of the last time you cried. Not the quick sting of eyes from the wind, but the…