I’ve been doing a lot of writing, not much posting – life has been intense and somewhat distracting – anyone else notice that?

This is something I wrote a few yeas ago during a particularly destabilizing time in my life. Still true today – although I would say that the tears originate from a different place inside of me, a deeper place, a more compassionate place, a less personal, wider view of humanity and all of its’ failings and triumphs – sometimes anyway 🙂
Posting now because sadness surrounds us, we cannot desensitize to suffering –
Crying and compassion are permitted, expressing pain, joy, gratitude, any and all heart opening emotions are encouraged –

Crying is a super power – My superpower 🙂

I cry everyday, does anyone else do that?
Maybe it would be more accurate to say that I shed tears on a daily basis-
Joyful tears, sorrowful ones and everything in between –
I don’t remember when I noticed that not a day went by without a boohoo –

Often it’s first thing in the morning when the realization of another day and the pain of being in a body and the amount of energy it takes to manage and navigate that environment – tired before I even begin – tears of exhaustion.

Sometimes it happens while driving or in line at the grocery store – moments of pause when a sad memory or longing visits – unexpected tears

Sadness at the loss of joy in my life and how it somehow became OK to live in a situation devoid of it, brings me to tears.

Sometimes it’s when a project or goal finally comes to fruition or an incredibly stressful situation ends – tears of relief

Often it’s being with people, their behaviours, their inability to see/live their light – the inhumanity we have towards each other and the millions of ways that shows up in the world – tears of despair

The sadness of the world can overtake me like a tsunami of grief and suffering – and I cry for those who cannot – tears of compassion.

Walking through the garden, overwhelmed by the beauty that surrounds me, the magic of nature – tears of utter joy, amazement and gratitude

In the presence of beauty, standing in front of a work of art, reading an amazing book, watching a film that moves me beyond the mundane of the everyday – tears of appreciation

In the presence of children, their exuberance, their innocence, their connection to source – tears of unconditional love.

Before bedtime when the burdens of the day cycle through my mind, coming up to be released from the body – the container that holds everything in – crying myself to sleep – soothing tears

There was a time in my life when I didn’t have time to cry, to acknowledge whatever emotion was showing up, doing so would pin me to the ground, paralyze me emotionally – tears take time.

Here’s some stuff I gleaned from the internet that matched some of my experiences – maybe yours too –

Emotions originate as sensations in the body
Feelings are influenced by our emotions but are generated from our mental thoughts – hmmm – curious –
and apparently it turns out that crying is a biological imperative, calming the body by releasing the emotional stress one encounters, washing away whatever is in the way of clarity. Tears are a natural response to an intense emotion, not be shamed, repressed or ignored.

somehow I always feel better after a really good cry – the body knows what it needs.

Yesterday I woke up sobbing – it was strange really because ‘I’ was somewhere else in a pleasant dream actually – the sobbing woke me up – it was this deep sadness and longing to be comforted – a debilitating weariness – the body releasing the tension of months of physically demanding work, non stop work – my body was crying. Feeling that distress added emotional weight – pinning me to the bed until it was over.

Sobbing feels different than crying somehow. Sobbing is deep agony, a total body experience. It was this deep exhaustion in the body pleading for rest, a physical reprieve, not attached to emotion, although sadness did show up – a grief of sorts, something old and weary and not mine – something I carried –

Sobbing sends the sadness away
Tears wash away any resistance to letting it go – useful 🙂

There are no lack of circumstances or situations to cry about these days, seriously heartbreaking. Maybe we need a coordinated global cry to purge the energy of everything holding us back from evolving for the greater good – remember the greater good?
Moving us forward into a future that is free from war and corruption – dreaming?

Pausing now –
taking a deep breath for a quiet moment of crying –
Releasing the pain of the price of war, envisioning world peace –
It can’t come soon enough – how long do we have to wait?

Welcome to my new followers
And as always, thank you for spending time, your precious time with my work / words

Louise
Okori
December 2025 /January 2026

(Edited slightly after today January 3rd 2026)
Just no words –
Going to put myself in an energy of peace –
I know it’s hard these days for many of us, for many different reasons –
I am focusing on sending the energy of peace out into the world.
I see a deep blue color – let sane voices prevail –
It’s never too late
Peace Peace Peace