As a kid, my dad called me Sensitive Sheila. I cried at the silliest things it seemed. I cry during tv shows, commercials, sporting events, birthday celebrations, graduations, baby showers, weddings, funerals, you name it, I’ve probably cried bc of it!
I get so emotionally drained bc I feel everything! Even if it’s not mine to feel, I feel it! If you need someone to cry with you, I’m your girl! Not sure I should be so proud of this characteristic, but it’s a part of who I am.
It’s a part of me I wouldn’t change either. I appreciate the fact that things get to me and that I care so deeply. It’s part of what makes me unique. It can be rather annoying at times when I cry at a tv show though 😆, I’m kidding.
I don’t cry just at the sad things. I cry with joy also! When something is beautifully touching, I’m likely to well up with a tear or two.
Knowing this about myself, I have to be able to let the feelings go too though. I can’t hold on to them all. It would weigh me down entirely too much to carry around all the burdens of all the things. I feel them, but I don’t hold on to them too long.
That part has been harder to learn to do and some things are easier to shake than others. I’m curious about you though. What emotions or feelings are harder to shake for you? What do you do to shake the hard stuff?
A drop of resilience. A path to wholeness. 