"To everything, there is a season
A time for every purpose under heaven...
A time to kill and a time to heal
A time to break down and a time to build up
A time to weep and a time to laugh
A time to mourn and a time to dance 
A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones..."
Ecclesiastes 3:1,3-5

Can I be honest?

One of the greatest lessons I've learnt while learning to adult is learning to cry.

Gosh, I've always hated that thing
These waters that show me my weaknesses and force me to face the reality,
and the great tragedy of a broken/bruised/hurt- heart

I saw it as weakness.
It hurt too much
Made me feel like a child
But little did I know that holding on to my tears also meant holding on to my pain

And it wouldn't leave
And it wouldn't go
Unless I let it hurt

The longer I refused to cry
Was the longer I refused to heal
It was the longer I chose to believe in a lie
Because "I am strong"
And "This doesn't hurt me"
Right?

Really? It doesn't?

It's time to hit the reality button
Time to face the real world
It's time to grow up and put on your big girl pants and understand that life isn't always a smooth sailing ride
It's part of growing up
Cant play pretend forever
Cant hide from the world forever
Behind our pillow forts

That's not maturity
That's cowardice

Listen sweetie,
It may get a little scary here in the real world
Sometimes it will be really hard to accept some stuff
But that's where
Jesus comes in
When its hard to adult.
Come out from behind your pillow forts,
Because either way, your walls are going to have to come down
Either you can take them down
Or your lack of tears will tear them down

Open up
Let it be
I'm not promising it will be easy
But it will be worth it

"That's the difference between being a child and growing up.
No more running from these monsters and hiding under covers 
You have to face them now."

Let it matter.

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