{"id":346,"date":"2008-02-02T23:58:06","date_gmt":"2008-02-03T03:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/2008\/02\/02\/a-good-cry\/"},"modified":"2008-02-02T23:58:06","modified_gmt":"2008-02-03T03:58:06","slug":"a-good-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"A Good Cry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a good cry can help us to heal.\u00c2\u00a0 We can feel sad about what is happening or has happened and then move back into the present moment.\u00c2\u00a0 Breaking down in tears over a seriously painful event is perfectly natural and healthy.\u00c2\u00a0 Think of your tears as a sign of your compassion and love.\u00c2\u00a0 Allow yourself to be fully present to the pain.\u00c2\u00a0 Feel your emotions.\u00c2\u00a0 Observe your thoughts.\u00c2\u00a0 Your tears will help to heal your broken heart.\u00c2\u00a0 Let your vulnerability be your strength.\u00c2\u00a0 Tears of sorrow cleanse your soul.\u00c2\u00a0 Crying is a sign of acceptance.\u00c2\u00a0 You face the pain, you feel it in your body, you observe it in your mind and emotions.\u00c2\u00a0 Crying doesn&#8217;t last long.\u00c2\u00a0 You catch yourself, realizing it is now time to let go and move on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Alexandra Stoddard, <em>Choosing Happiness, <\/em>p. 83<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a good cry can help us to heal.\u00c2\u00a0 We can feel sad about what is happening or has happened and then move back into the present moment.\u00c2\u00a0 Breaking down in tears over a seriously painful event is perfectly natural and healthy.\u00c2\u00a0 Think of your tears as a sign of your compassion and love.\u00c2\u00a0 Allow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21,19,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compassion","category-healing","category-letting-go","category-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderquotes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}