"Don't be Afraid to Cry", Hopi Chief

[J. Nakagawa]

Don Talayesva, Hopi

"Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts." 

 

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Don Talayesva, Hopi - Human beings function from choice. We can choose to stuff things, or we can choose to let go of things. If we choose to stuff things, then we will feel a heaviness, or sorrow, self pity or fear. Sometimes we feel the need to cry. Sometimes we are taught it is not okay to cry. The creator designed the human being to cry. Crying is a release. This release allows us to let go of thoughts that are not helping us so we can open to new thoughts that will help. Crying is natural for women and men.

                           "Grandfather, if I need to cry, let me realize it's a natural process and help me to let go."

 

From “Sun Chief the Autobiography of a Hopi Indian by Don Talayesva

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