OH HELL YEAH
# 47………Penpal letter from Jimmy to Genny
Hi sweetheart — can I just wallow in my feelings for a little while. I know it’s my turn to write the next penpal letter. I think about it constantly. For a while, I thought it would be okay to post my story about Hillary the prostitute. I called it TARNISHED ANGEL .
I just couldn’t see how we could work it into our penpal series.
But I pulled it out of history and revived it. I’m glad I posted it on our newest project, THE LOVE PUB . Prostitution such a sensitive subject that nobody wants to talk about. The Love Pub is a very interesting place where easily anyone can transfer their work and get extra recognition. Maybe we might get lucky and my good friend Colleen Millsteed or the extremely hilarious Claire Franky may honor us with their talent.I hope so.
Today is going to be a good day because I am so full of emotions. If emotions were money I am rich.
You know Genevieve, I didn’t Have a clue about what I should write in my next Penpal letter to you.. Usually I write what’s in my heart and I think today, I’m just gonna let my heart take the reins and drive the buggy so to speak. Let me show you something that I find so beautiful, I made puddles all over the damn house, namely Elizabeth Acevedo
GingerFunk78 told me about Elizabeth Acevedo. I told her I would check it out. Holy moly — I’m sure glad I did. This girl is a powerhouse. As she was reading some of these powerful poems, I was considering the speaking poems that you thought of and that we discussed. I think some of our poetry could be speaking poetry and I’m curious about how it would impact. Please note that I consider anything technical to be playing second fiddle to something that I could be writing. I will always opt for writing a good poem before learning a procedure. Consequently, I don’t know sh……….inola about Doodley squat. But I wrote a poem. ! !
I think I’m going to need to rely on you to show me how we would post a speaking poem. That would be so unique, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that on medium.
Did I tell you how much I love you today.? Let me get to that right away. I love our tiny little replies to one another. I love the music that we exchange. I love all the things you tell me whether they are happy things or sad. As a matter of fact, the sad things make me want to hold you and fight off demons that would treat you poorly. When I think of all of the mean things that happened to you in this world, I constantly want to fight those people that would do hurtful things to you. I don’t even care if it was in the long past. I pretend them to be here right now and I fight them . You are the sweetest most wonderful thing that was ever born to this planet. How anyone could ever mistreat you in any way, just speaks to man’s inhumanity to man.
I know it’s very commonplace for me to be emotional but when I listen to Elizabeth Acevedo — I think about you and certain other friend across the sea, and how you were mistreated. And I think about Joan and how she was mistreated. And then I think about so many countless lady friends that I have known over the years that have seen mistreated — — — -It makes me want to scream.
I really am thinking about Elizabeth Acevedo and how happy I was that Ginger told me about her. Ginger did such a good thing bringing Elizabeth Acevedo forward. I just can’t tell you how much I love her and the things that she says. I am listening to Elizabeth as I’m writing this and her powerful voice and the things that she says are transporting me to a very good place.
Why don’t men treat women as equals. Just because men are stronger they feel that they can dominate a woman. That’s ape thinking.. I told Joan so many times — how do you women put up with men? We are so freaking ridiculous. The behavior of men is predictable and based on ideological thinking. I actually said illogical thinking but the Dragon wanted to chime in and say ideological..
There are so few logical men.
I think that your Dad was quite a man Love.. He showed you about life. I feel that your Dad loved you very much. I think your Dad and my Dad would have really enjoyed each other’s friendship. Maybe those two intellectuals are there in heaven right now talking about us. Maybe they’re discussing how two different creatures on planet Earth could be so alike in their minds that they thrill at everything said and done by the other.
This is a very strong friendship love that I feel for you Love.. I’m just a tiny bit religious. Not so’s you would notice. But, to have a friend like you is the most valuable thing I’ve ever had. It’s because of who you are. You just exude positivity and love and acceptance and forgiveness and support and countless other things. I have to keep pinching myself that I would be so lucky that you looked my way and shown your light on me. You lifted me up. I swear to God love , you lifted me up to way more than I could be on my own.I don’t know if it’s true or not but I feel like my poetry is better since I met you. Please don’t ever leave me. Please keep things just as they are right now. If you ever went away, it would be a bad day for me for the rest of my life.
I guess you know me pretty well by now don’t you Love. In the past I used to think that if I was affected by somebody or something in an emotional way that I needed to hide it. People always don’t know how to react especially when they see a man crying. I’ve had to apologize for myself all my life because I am prone to crying at the drop of a hat if, I see an emotional side to something. I have been given a beautiful gift that I have grown to appreciate more and more as time goes on. My personality type is that I am a highly sensitive person or HSP it was coined . Before, I found myself explaining and apologizing for my emotional behavior but I’m sick and tired of doing that. I’m a man and If my brother sees me crying and suggests that I should wear a skirt, that’s gotta make me mad in two categories. The major category is that you are throwing shade on women in general. That’s the very reason that I talk with women most of the time is that they know how to show emotion. The emotion men show is mostly the look of eyes staring into headlights . If I cry constantly, it doesn’t say anything about me other than that I am very emotional. People always try to read into somebody’s behavior as an indication of something else. Those are exactly the people that I don’t want to have anything to do with ….People are more important than a superficial glance.
When the pandemic started, I started writing because my wife and I are 100% super evaders. We don’t leave the house and nobody comes into our house ever under any circumstances except for one. medical ! We never caught anything. Not even a cold since the pandemic started.
We’re doing okay but did I ever tell you the reason that I started writing in the first place? I thought it was kind of cracking up because I was getting emotional over television commercials and certain TV shows.
I love to investigate things on the computer. People don’t do this. So many people don’t use their computer as an tool for investigation and they really should.
I asked the computer why I was crying all the time over commercials and I learned about something that is so terrific I hope that everybody who reads this article will try something called Japanese Crying Therapy.
I am really good at it and you can be too. But watch out , it’s habit-forming. Once you find the joys of emotional release and catharsis you will be flooded with feel-good hormones. I have so damn many things to cry about that I never run out of fuel for emotional outbursts that help me tremendously to write poetry as strongly as I can. Why did you give it a try. I could help. you don’t know how to get started, just ask me. :
There is nothing like a good cry or ‘tear seeking’ therapy
The Japanese healing method rui-katsu believes in the power of crying therapy to fight stress and reduce pain.
Psychiatrists believe that crying helps to boost spirits and make sufferers feel better.
Updated on:
09 Jan 2021, 11:51 pm
3 min read
The Japanese have a unique way of eyeing at life, with wellness at the core of their lifestyle beliefs. The world over, laughter therapy is considered an effective stress-relief method. The Japanese ‘crying therapist’ Hidefumi Yoshida has concluded that the tear ducts have the power to calm and cure many ailments. The new Japanese therapy called rui-katsu, which translates to ‘tear seeking’, is built around deliberate weeping sessions designed to reduce stress and allow participants to relate to their emotions.
The tear-jerking workshops Yoshida holds across Japan have had over 50,000 participants so far and include group discussions, watching tragic films, grouping readings of sad books and stories. The Roman poet Ovid wrote, “It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.” Scientists have long concluded that there is nothing like a good cry to get over a negative or traumatic experience.
It is considered a form of self-soothing, described by researchers as self-directed behaviours and internal processes that are aimed to calm an individual in distress by reducing negative emotion and corresponding physiological reactions. Charles Darwin believed that children cry to experience the relief generated by crying as from ‘any great exertion’, suggesting that more intensive the cry the greater the relief.
Psychiatrists believe that crying helps to boost spirits and make sufferers feel better. The mood-improving oxytocin and endorphins in tears are known as ‘feel good’ chemicals. The act of crying releases toxins such as stress hormones and other chemicals, thereby reducing their levels and lowering stress levels. Crying oneself to sleep is not just a phrase; a 2015 study found that babies sleep better after crying.
Crying even kills some bacteria and cleans the eyes with a fluid called lysozyme, which has powerful antimicrobial properties strong enough to reduce bioterror risks, such as anthrax, according to another study. Yoshida offers walking-and-weeping tours of the Kamakura, south of Tokyo. The atmosphere of the place is conducive to melancholy, with deep woods, history of wars and deaths and teems with temples such as the Hokaiji Temple. Kamakura is the land of the Hojo clan, which fostered Zen Buddhism in Japan. Many of their warriors died repelling the Mongol invasions of Japan, albeit successfully.
An ancestor, Hojo Tokimasa, became Japan’s first shogun. Eventually, popular resentment and imperial enmity culminated in the fall of the Hojos. The tragic history of the region, seeped in blood and tyranny, is the focus of contemplation inside the Buddhist temples. In intensely folklore-obsessed Japan, Kamakira is protected by the flying tengu spirits, a half-man and half-monster bird which is a Japanese version of the Garuda. Currently, Yoshida’s crying tours are not accessible to Indians and other international tourists because of the pandemic restrictions.
Future trainings and tours at TearsTeacher.com or by following Yoshida on Facebook
Benefits of shedding tears
Soothes emotions: A 2014 study said crying activates the parasympathetic nervous system and encourages relaxation
Supportive response: A 2016 study found that crying has interpersonal or social benefits being an attachment behaviour, since it urges other people to rally around you
Reduces pain: Shedding emotional tears releases feel-good chemicals oxytocin and endorphins, creating a sense of well-being
Aids sleep: The soothing, mood-enhancing, and pain-relieving effects of crying helps a person fall asleep more easily
Fights bacteria: Lysozyme chemical in tears kills bacteria and keeps the eyes clean
Vision enhancer: The lubricating effect of basal tears, which are released every time a person blinks, keeps the eyes moist and prevents mucous membranes from drying. This boosts
clear vision.
