I had cell on Friday night, and Pat asked us whether we were emotional people. At that point in time, I didn't think much about it when some people apologized for being so. I've never been an emotional person, and for a long time, I thought that it was a strength, something I could be proud of. But I was thinking about alot of things over the weekend that brought me full circle to a point of realisation that being more emotionally attuned with oneself is not a weakness in itself, but rather, a strength of character, and it most certainly is not something to be apologetic for.
To say that emotional people think more with their hearts rather than with their minds, would be appropriate. Women have, for ages, been classified as the more emotional gender. Nevertheless, society these days frowns upon weeping women and stereotype them as weak because of the rise of a new class of women who are strong, career-minded, and able to hold their own against the males. More often than not, if these women are married, then they are able to successfully juggle their careers with their family. But as in the case these days, most of these women prefer to remain single so as not to attach an anchor onto their careers. Honestly, I don't know where I'm going with this. I guess it's just to prove how times are changing, and how women are not as emotionally attuned with themselves as they used to be. Maybe because it's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and everyone is so caught up in being the best that they trade in their emotions for a better position in the corporate world.
No matter how society requires anyone to be strong mentally, physically, and emotionally in order to keep up with the pace at which the world is developing, maybe it isn't such a bane that women or men for that matter, are emotional because it's what sets humans apart from robots. A heart is what makes all the difference. So we shouldn't apologize for being emotional. A few occasional tears are not a sign of weakness, but rather, they are signs that one is still capable of human emotions and are able to effectively sympathize and empathize. They are also able to share more openly about their problems with others, and it takes a really courageous person to be able to be completely transparent about their struggles. And that is what I admire most about these people. For someone who isn't as emotional, and to the world, they erect a facade of happiness, one would find it more challenging to share about what's plaguing them because it is not in their nature to have problems, and people don't expect them to.
For people who think more with their heads than with their hearts, they always carry with them a semblance of the notion that nothing is too difficult for them to overcome, and that's where the adage 'Mind Over Matter' comes in because these less emotional people believe that they are strong enough mentally to overcome any struggle. More often than not, they force themselves not to dwell on it by pushing the problems to the back of their minds, and they consciously remind themselves not to unlock that closet of skeletons lying in the dusty corners of their minds. But it is when they are asleep that the mind becomes vulnerable, and that's when the demons in the closet come out to play. It becomes a problem in the long run when even the most emotionless person becomes immersed in a melting pot of their own thoughts and problems which break down the door of that closet and becomes too overwhelming for even the most hard-hearted person to withstand. It is a scary thought that all these may somehow lead to insanity, or to suicide in the worst case scenario because a vulnerable mind is the devil's playground.