Pulling some writing samples this morning, I noticed a little curriculum piece I did about tears. Did you know that the chemical make-up of reflex tears (the kind that form when your eyes are irritated by fumes or foreign matter) is different from the chemical make-up of emotional tears (the kind that form when you're sad or lonely or frustrated or ...)?
Yep. Emotional tears contain water and salt and stuff PLUS a boatload of proteins created by stress.
I've decided to look at yesterday's snotfest as merely the removal of excess protein. Yeah. That's the ticket. I wasn't being a baby. I was removing harmful toxins from my body. It is a temple, you know.
ps: Actually, I was being a baby but I'm fine now.
8 comments:
Glad you've been cleansed!
Crying is like a bath from the inside out, I am still dirty (see my post, been crying for days)
Love-
A girl just needs to do it every now and then.
Here, love....have a tissue.
So cool, I never new that. Wow our bodies sure know how to do it!
We need to nurture that baby part of ourselves - often and carefully. So glad yours is alive and well.
Sometimes a good cry is exactly what you need. Cleanse and release.
A wise choice, to be sure.
As they say, "this, too."
Helps enormously to simply accept what is...even tears.
(((you)))
...Too bad we can't cry fat. That would make a lot of feel even better.
;)
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