The other night I was listening to music alone on my couch when an urge to cry hit me. It wasn’t sad music (it was LCD Soundsystem, not much to cry about there) and there was nothing specific going in my life that would elicit such a feeling. But there it was. An overwhelming urge to cry. Now if you are waiting for me to say I busted out in tears, I did not. I repressed the feeling and went about my business.
Soon I started to feel it. The faucet was on but nothing was coming out. My throat felt tight. My head felt full with a slight achy pounding. I was frowning with a slight tremor in my lower lip coming and going.
Something in there wanted out. I wanted, no needed, a good cry. And then it hit. And it flowed. My glasses steamed up. Snot came out my nose. Tears ran down my cheeks. And after? I felt great.
This week we are re-airing our show called "Let’s Celebrate Crying."
We cry because we are human. We cry because we need it. We cry when we are happy. We cry when we are sad. We cry for a million emotions in between.
– Charles