“Crying is nature’s way of helping bad feelings go away.” – Barney the Dinosaur
I’m not usually one to cry, and have never been much of an emotional mess. But when I do, it’s almost always for the strangest of reasons.
So here is a list of the top 20 weirdest reasons I’ve cried:
1. Every single time I watch The Lion King at the scene where Mufasa gets BRUTALLY murdered
2. When I watched Beyoncé’s visual album “Lemonade” for the first time and my heart was shattered
3. I was annoyed at the entire male species around the same time Lemonade came out and just broke down one day because ‘males exist’
4. I was having a pretty stressful day, so I decided to sing & inject some positivity into my day; turns out my voice is worse than ALL my problems!
5. When I realized that my life basically revolves around charging my phone
6. I was in the car on my way to an exam, and a baby (the cutest, happiest baby with the biggest dimples ever) smiled and waved at me from a car nearby and I immediately broke down
7. I was having one of those really really really long, hot days that just never end. The moment I saw my dear bed I immediately burst into tears and ran into its arms and cried thinking how warm, loving and kind beds are…
8. When I first found out about Idris Elba’s accent…I was not ready
9. I went to the hair salon for a simple “trim” and ended up carrying a plastic bag full of my hair all the way back home
10. It was 3 a.m. & I found a Twitter page completely dedicated to posting pics of puppies with flowers & I ran into a pic of the CUTEST teacup puppy…
11. I was stressed because the SIMS game application kept sending me notifications asking if I’m ready to have a baby & I didn’t know if I was…I was only 19 years old!
12. I ended up having that SIMS baby and it was so stressful having to deal with all of that & juggle my life+university at the same time…the baby, parents, houses, businesses, jobs, etc.. So, I got so frustrated that I deleted the app & then cried because they were sort of like my family
13. I was watching The Voice Kids, and Kazem Elsahir got off of his chair and walked to the stage to hug this kid who was crying, & it was just so sweet!!!
14. An ant was walking on my bed. I wanted to kill it but thought, “No, this ant probably has a family and maybe even a squad. I would never do that to it and commit ant-murder and break up a family!” So I put a few crumbs next to it so it could take it to its family and feed it. A few seconds later, it bit me. I didn’t cry because of the physical pain; I cried because no good deed goes unpunished and my feelings were incredibly hurt.
15. I was eating this burger and it tasted SO FREAKING GOOD that it just made me cry and thank the Lord that burgers and barbecue sauce exist in this world
16. When I listen to Nour El Gailani’s song خواطر فيل..
The song is about a baby elephant that was kidnapped from the jungle and taken away to a zoo. It is from the baby elephant’s perspective, where it also explains how much it misses its mother and how scared she must feel, as she thought her baby was just playing around the jungle, and she’d lose her mind wondering where it has gone. I cry because it breaks my heart that the baby elephant had no phone or any means of communication to reassure the mother elephant who must’ve died heartbroken. I am crying again now that I think of this.
17. It was extremely crowded in Kober bridge, almost 50° C, my car’s a.c. wasn’t working, I had no snacks, my phone lost charge & I had absolutely NOTHING to do. Traffic was so bad that you could easily complete a full season of Game of Thrones and not move an inch. I cried because, well, I was bored & at least it was something to do. Suddenly, a man driving next to me freaked out & probably thought I was having a major crisis, left his car and went to the policeman & in a matter of minutes, they cleared out traffic just for me and let me pass through like a damn president. Most beneficial tears that have ever left my eyes.
18. Because diet Nutella and mint Nutella don’t exist, and regular Nutella gives me break-outs and weight-gain…
19. It was 4 a.m. and I thought of all the puppies in the world that I’d never get to hug
20. When I realized that there’s a big chance I’d never get to use the Oscar speech I’ve prepared a few years ago because, well, it’s not exactly my field…