Let it go, let em flow

Sometimes being strong means holding on, sometimes it's letting go.

One friend described me as a chocolate that has a hard exterior and a soft, goey centre. I guess in someways we all have a soft centre yet sometimes are expected to have hardened shells. You can't really get much done in life if you are just in a constant state of goey mush.

It's a shame that there are certain expectations on showing emotion. If you think about it, the British stoicism and "stiff upper lip" concept a few of us or our parents were bought up with can be really contradicted by the whiney tweets and Facebook status' that clutter our minds in life.....(the ones which, if you have seen a car accident or a dog try nuzzle and revive it's dead owner lately, will not pull your heart strings at all)

Why is it that some people feel so comfortable opening up and expressing themselves emotionally on various digital mediums, yet when it comes to letting people know how we feel in person, run faster than uni students do torward a happy hour, or babble like a fare-evader?

I consider myself fairly in touch with my spectrum of emotions which can change colour from one moment to the next  (apparently that's quite typical for an Aeries)

However this week I had to "put off" getting upset about losing someone dear to me because the moment wasn't appropriate.

I knew it was in there, and tried to be strong by holding on.

When I finally let it go (or shall I say let the tears flow) , I realised that holding on was making me weak. Gripping tightly and bottling things up can get exhausting. Sometimes you just need to let that upper lip tremble.

And get your mascara all smudged, and have a snotty nose.

And reflect and revive after.

Why do we exercise, strengthen, stretch and fine tune our bodies, but don't explore the flexibility or our emotions?

I'm sure there are plenty of answers about cultural expectations etc out there, though for your average muggle who hasn't pondered this before or doesn't know the answer....I reccommend asking yourself this one.

It wouldn't be an efficient way to live with your arm tied behind your back....

You'll find it's more efficient to let it go.

Jj