When someone has “GREAT expectations”, you expect them to be great….right? However more often than not, a great expectation could just be living out the day, or to find ones purpose in life.
Of course what prompted this post is in fact the great classic by Charles Dickens, ‘Great Expectations’, in which a boy of little significance embarks to find his fortune, status and ‘great’ purpose.
A particular quote stood out to me from this excellent book…
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before–more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
It’s a difficult concept to grasp, the importance of crying. Crying is so often associated with sadness, defeat, weakness and immaturity that it’s really become something many humans are ashamed of.
I challenge this…what is more pure, more heartfelt and more vibrantly emotional than the expression of tears? It doesn’t always symbolise sadness…it can in fact show gratitude, overwhelming joy or surprise, or perhaps even love.
I believe that for someone to cry does not show weakness, it shows a certain courage that is rarely found. To show people your most raw emotions and to lay it on the table. For after all…we are just humans and we cannot help but feel things immensely. More importantly, to be able to cry is one thing, but to accept someone elses tears as precious is an entirely different matter.
Why not encourage our generations ahead of us to become compassionate people who aren’t afraid of what they might feel, and truly embrace the defining factor of humanity. Emotion.
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