WHEN THE CRYING IS GOOD
I try not to dwell. But that doesn't mean that I forget...
I just think that there's more good things to be had in trying not to get stuck. After all, life remains to be lived.
And so there are matters that will always be in my heart but I cannot cry about them anymore... people I've lost, people who will not be found, situations that won't get better, or easier, or will not stop, no matter how hard you work at it just to try see it through, or maybe make a difference, or at least say it all makes sense. They're too near, too close... they hurt. I cannot make myself feel the hurt, I cannot do that to myself everyday.
Life goes on...
But sometimes the day hands you a way out, something easier. Often it could be something so credulous you won't figure out why but it gets to you and it gets to you hard. Sometimes it could even be something so silly.
So I do cry at movies.
We Are Marshall is one of those movies I haven't heard of until I saw it on HBO but it sure cost me a whole box of Kleenex, one afternoon when I had nothing better to do cause I just came home from work and was trying to sleep but couldn't, and I was eating some chips.
Boy did it make me feel good afterwards. notwithstanding painful, puffy eyes and red, raw nose.
I try not to dwell. But that doesn't mean that I forget...
I just think that there's more good things to be had in trying not to get stuck. After all, life remains to be lived.
And so there are matters that will always be in my heart but I cannot cry about them anymore... people I've lost, people who will not be found, situations that won't get better, or easier, or will not stop, no matter how hard you work at it just to try see it through, or maybe make a difference, or at least say it all makes sense. They're too near, too close... they hurt. I cannot make myself feel the hurt, I cannot do that to myself everyday.
Life goes on...
But sometimes the day hands you a way out, something easier. Often it could be something so credulous you won't figure out why but it gets to you and it gets to you hard. Sometimes it could even be something so silly.
So I do cry at movies.
We Are Marshall is one of those movies I haven't heard of until I saw it on HBO but it sure cost me a whole box of Kleenex, one afternoon when I had nothing better to do cause I just came home from work and was trying to sleep but couldn't, and I was eating some chips.
Boy did it make me feel good afterwards. notwithstanding painful, puffy eyes and red, raw nose.
14 Comments:
ganda ng post mo mylab. ako rin, naiiyak ako sa mga pelikula. minsan yun nagiging outlet para sa mga pagkakataon na dapat umiyak pero di ka naman maiyak.
I cry at movies too. Crying is a great release for me.
i also cry at movies, tita jet. if we saw that movie together, we'd need more kleenex!
after reading this post, one scene just flashed on my mind... the two of us strolling along the esplanade grounds after we had dinner at this crab place with lea, eder, owen, tito jay and ronald. we were talking about how we'll miss the friendship. do you remember that? miss you!!
it's a great release! so even if the song by the Cure says that "boys dont cry" - sa song lang yun..."We Are Marshalls" left a big lump on my throat too.
reminded me of the hbo movie i saw years ago. the title is "deep end of the ocean"... i cried a river (ocean is OA na) :)
Hi Jet!
I know what it means to find yourself, sniffling and puffy-eyed at the end of movies while carrying what looks like a small hill of used Kleenex. Crying (Hagulgol's more like it) in cinemas is one of my guilty pleasures and one that I don't let anyone other than my immediate family witness. Hehehe!
crying is a remedy in itself. It feels good after a good hearty cry. Which reminds me, I haven't cried in a long time after my mother passed away. I hope the next time my tears flow would be because of extreme happiness. Same results, right?
Kasi nga Pa mahirap umiyak if it's too close to home. I don't know whose twisted idea it is to make it that way but it is what it is. Bayaan mo, sasamahan na lang kita manood ng mga nakakaiyak na movies para sabay tayong mag-release. :D
Tintin, we are kindred spirits... a whole lot of us are. :D
Christine, we have spent so many nights at the esplanade after going to 'this crab place' that's called 'No Signboard Seafood Restaurant'... or have you forgotten that name? hehehe :D
I miss so many things about Singapore... I miss so much of the friendship.
Some might kill me for saying this Junnie but I've always thought that men who are capable of crying are God's gift to women. :D
Deep End of the Ocean... is that about this couple who lost their younger son when he was a baby and found him again years later? If that's what it is then I've seen that too. And yes, naiyak din ako dun.
I've never thought of it as a guilty pleasure Abster but yes, now that you mention it, I think I do find pleasure sobbing at movies. But no, I would never find guilt in that. hehe:D
No better reason to cry than to cry of happiness Tito Rolly. Keep your hopes up. :D
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