Yes, I really love to be a glutton for punishment.
Today was a strange day for me. While nothing went badly, for whatever reason I don't feel much like myself. I've been very positive lately, but today felt off for some reason. I don't usually feel sad, so when it happens I usually try to do something to let all that bad juju out. In today's case, I decided to do the worst thing a hopeless romantic can do and watch The Notebook... of course ABC Family knew the perfect way to torment me.
Regardless, after Alie and Noah exchanged their epic romantic ending, I felt a lot better. It's so strange how you can feel so sad, then just experience that emotion in order to get over it and feel better.
One of my Peruvian Princesses told me an interesting story about the whole experiencing sadness idea. She explained to me that for a while in her life, she never really let herself feel her emotions. One day, when she was here in the United States, she was watching a cheesy romantic comedy and for whatever reason, the story line of this sappy flick spoke to her. She said she cried, but when the tears fell the whole process made her understand the wonderfulness that is feeling a real emotion. After that, she explained she started to feel all of the emotions she had: anger, excitment, frustration, giddyness. For so long she didn't allow herself to experience them, and she realized that in order to be alive, you have to feel the good and the bad.
Ergo, me rocking out the sad. Sure, crying like a schoolgirl who got punched in the face (NOTE: This happened to me in 4th grade) is not every girl's idea for a baller Tuesday night, but damn it, it made me feel better after the blah day I've had.
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