I Might Be Emotional, But You Can Never Call Me Weak

Dec 08, 2018 by apost team

I have always been accused of being a little too emotional. I am a person who will cry if a puppy in a movie is injured or dies. I am also the person with a big heart who is unafraid to display it to the world. I was always ridiculed as weak for possessing deep feelings.

I was ashamed to feel this emotion at one point in my life. I once felt shame each time my voice began to shake with emotions or tears fell from eyes. However, I know now the capacity to feel is not an indication of weakness.

I am not weak because I love with my whole heart. I do not know another way to love and I am uninterested in searching for one. I believe an 'almost love' to be the saddest love of all. I will not give half of my love to another individual. My heart will not be shut down simply because I have been hurt in the past. I will not restrict the love in my heart because someone else cannot handle it. After all, love is something to be enjoyed not handled.

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I am not weak because I allow myself to feel. I can be as fierce as anyone who walks the earth. I am braver than most for embracing the emotion I feel. I will not attempt to hide this emotion from the world.

I refuse to adhere to the notion that emotion makes a person weak.

The fire present in your eyes, warmth in your soul, and the true beauty of the inner you are all a result of emotion. I am not weak because my heart is gentle. I did not choose the heart I have but I am allowed to choose how I treat my heart. I will not conceal the gentleness of my own heart nor will I close it off from others.

My heart needs to 'feel.' It needs love. I will never again feel ashamed at possessing a gentle heart. It is my heart that fuels who I am. The crazy emotions of my heart keep me going and the love it has provides the strength and endurance I need to face all challenges.

 I am not weak because I give others access to my heart.

I have been hurt and broken by the harsh words of others. I was made to feel I was weak or too much to handle. This pain caused me to make attempts at shutting down my emotions. I tried to build a wall around my heart that no one could penetrate.

The walls did not work and I only succeeded at isolating my true self. There was nothing but darkness, loneliness, and a deafening silence contained within the walls I constructed. You can not shut down emotions. There is no shut off valve or operating manual.

My emotions are the wild card that makes me who I am. I am fierce beyond taming and only stronger since my walls no longer exist. I have made my heart available to the world and still, words can never crush me.

The emotions the world said were my weakness are now my shield.

The craziness of my love provides me with warmth, my tears keep me safe, and my gentle nature is a badge of honor. I might cry sometimes when watching movies. I am sometimes broken because I am too trusting. I have been hurt because I choose to believe in people. None of this means I am weak. It means I am one hell of a warrior.

Can you relate to the woman in the article? Have you ever been told by the world your feelings make you weak? Send this article to every gentle heart you know. It might be the reminder they need to remember a gentle heart does not make them a weak individual.