Cry

I agree with you 100%. Men always think they have to be hard all the time and not express their true feelings. Just because you show some emothions does not mean you're homos*xual.

Greetings Cry,

Are you a human being? Of course you are. You have the right to cry as all of us do. Trust me, all do cry, they may not show it in the open but they do. I am so heartfelt for you and so many of the Men who were shipped out and snatched away from families to enter a battle. It is dangerous and can create Awesonme fear in your heart. I ask you to trust what I say and search and ask for God to reveal Himself to your heart. You need the strengh that only God can provide. And you need His divine protection. You must ask for it. I have you now on my daily list of prayers for various people. I pray that you will seek the true and living God. That He will bring peace to your heart and a vision for your purpose. That your family be surrounded with His protection and that no hurt harm or danger come to you or them. Do not be discourage....Be careful as depression is a sly enemy. Focus yourself on God, what you must do and do it well, survive this passage and come back home safely to us for you are needed here as you have much to offer the world and will make the difference.
Blessings to you,

Trish

There is nothing with crying! As a young, black male, I can understand the pressures of the world. It sometimes seems the harder we try , the hard things are so far away. I feel you all the way, like I say and in the words of Lyfe Jennings, "See crying is like taking your soul to the laundromat."

There's nothing wrong with crying!!! I try to hold my tears in because I don't like to cry (it causes headaches) but once I do cry it feels so much better. I cried when I found out that my unit was deploying. I joined the Army Reserves after my freshmen yr. in college. I'm currently trying to contract with ROTC so that I want get deployed. I'm literally terrified of deployment, b/c ppl over there will kill for anything. All I want to do is finish undergrad, I don't even know what we're fighting for.

Great blog.As a man,as a civilian man the true measure of a man is not what they accrue materially , but what they accrue emotionally.A man that has not cried is not a full grown man.Crying is necessary....if you consider yourself apart of the human race.This ...last time I checked... included men.

Crying is normal. Sometimes you have to release the pain and tension you face. If you don't, it will build up and you could end up getting sick and the pain will only increase. So, go ahead and cry. Let it out. I usually makes you feel better pretty quickly.

Thank you.

Lyfe Jennings said it in his song. As a young black female i see men daily that think they shouldn't cry, but some need to see men whom they idolize cry before they realize it's fine. I've seen a 6'5 buff bodied drug dealer cry becuase of his daughter. Everyone needs to cry! If he can cry so can the next male that calls himself a man!

To be honest, I think that when a man cries it shows that they are about more than pride. I respect a man that cries. Most n*ggas I know be stuntin and ****. But truth of tha matter is that they are weak not hard. A man that shows his emotions is hard because it shows me that they don't care who says what. Dominic, if it was one of you before I changed myself. . . man. Anyway point is that I respect you even more!!

I can relate to what you're saying because I was deployed to Africa and while over there, I lost my grandmother, as well. Everyone is different in there own way and have different methods of dealing with times like this. When I first got the news, it hit me real hard. Keep your head straight and remain true to yourself, mane.

Dominic thank you for your personal sacrifice. These days will one day be behind you and you will rise to do even greater things. Let Nelson Mandela be an inspiration that all things are possible when you have a lived a purposeful life. Your mission right now is living a purposeful life. We will see you when you come home.

Hey Dominic,
I believe crying is a gift that God gave us to represent the most powerful emotion humans posses, sometimes love isn't a strong enough, so we cry... Not just for things that brings us pain, but joy aswell. When I think about how much God loves me, it always brings tears to eyes, sometimes men don't realize how much stress they have taken until they cry. I just returned from deployment, but I came home to an empty home because, all of my family is Conus (Stateside) while I'm in the UK. I don't think civilians truly understand what it like to be away from family & friends that long... It tough!!! The feelings tend to rush you all at once. I haven't seen my family in a year, if it weren't for the phone calls, the emails, & the occasional care-package I don't know what I would do. I lost my grandpa before I graduated high school... He told me that he would be there to see me walk... But God called him home... I realized that it wasn't about him being there in the flesh, but his spirit was there with me. My grandpa was the world to me, he raised me to be the man I am today... I know now that he's with me everywhere I go... He is my guardian angel... I cry thinking about how much I love him, how much I miss him, & the fact that he is proud of what I'm doing... I cry & I will continue to cry, all men should, at the end of the day we are human just like everyone else... Being Army storng is a mission, a duty, a program designed to make you put stress aside to get the mission done, but being able to release that stress when its all over is something that sometimes only crying can do... I love you stay strong, & thank you for your service... Hit me up anytime... Jazz USAF

wow, very touching. I actually cried just now reading all of your responses. Everyone cries. It feels good to just let everything thats weighing you down go. I release that through tears. My prayers are with every soldier out there that has been taken away from their home, and the families that are missing their loved ones.