If you watched the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, you may have noticed at one point that her highness, Princess Charlotte showed some raw emotion during the funeral service. As a human being, you can’t help but feel for the entire royal family, but what I want to make very clear is that Charlotte is taking off what appears to be a mask…an invisible mask that a lot of people are forced to wear out in public.
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Why do I bring this up you may ask? Well, I bring it up because there are a lot of people out there that want to take off the mask of hiding their emotions, but they can’t because of their status and reputation that could be tarnished if they are seen crying in public.
It’s important to remember that we do have the utmost right to show our emotions in public. This is because we are human and it doesn’t matter if we are a celebrity or an ordinary nobody. One of the things that really aggravates me is when I hear someone tell another to “stop crying!”
I don’t give a damn what the situation is, because if you need to cry, then you need to cry, and to those who want the individual to stop crying, shame on you! Okay, maybe there are a few exceptions, for if the child is being bad and throwing a tantrum as an example, but if you need to grieve or let it out because you feel like it, then do it.
This is especially true when we lose a loved one and many of us in the general public see crying as a form of weakness for the individual and they are being forced to mask up their emotions as a result.
Sure, it may draw unnecessary attention to us (being that I work at a grocery store and see this all the time with kids and adults who act like spoiled children sometimes), but it’s a small price to pay in the end. Sadly, many people don’t see it that way as they view the world as they see fit.
Crying or letting out your emotions isn’t a form of weakness. In fact, there is a power to emotion that makes us feel better and can lead us into situations that may be good for us in the end.
Again, I know very well what Charlotte and the rest of the royal family are going through right now. I buried three grandparents in the span of ten years between 2009 and 2019 between the ages of 84 and 95 and it doesn’t matter how old you are, losing someone close to you is hard or being in a situation that can get you down severely is equally hard.
Healing takes time and the fastest way to heal is by not wearing an emotion prevention mask. If we take it off, we take it off whether we are at a job, at home or out in public. The Royal Family did it recently and there are others who will follow suit.
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Catch you all later!!
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