I wish I could tell myself this. I wish I could tell you ways to prevent yourself from being a crybaby.

But in reality, I am the biggest crybaby.

An emotive, empathetic mess of a human being. And I don't think I'll be able to change that, nor could I be able to change that for other people either.

But I don't think it's something that needs to change. Why would you want to change that? Why is crying such a negative thing to do? Why is it that when someone cries often or is emotional it's often taken as a weakness?

I don't think it has to be that way.

When I say I'm a crybaby, I cry from happiness, sadness, loneliness - you name it at any time, anywhere. I see a cute little baby on the train, I have this strange feeling of joy that I get teary-eyed. I sit in an Uber looking out the window at the beautiful city of Chicago with an instrumental violin duet cover of Viva La Vida playing in the background and I can cry. I watch a sad movie or an inspirational short video on Facebook and I'm touched easily.

Not many people think that I'm such an emotional person. I've always tried to suppress those feelings and I still often do, but I'm starting to come to terms with it. This summer I've been crying openly often in front of my family, which I hadn't done much until now. It's actually been unexpectedly extremely refreshing and relaxing.

And I think other people should too, no matter what your role you hold or are trying to hold (i.e. masculinity). I've realized that crying is also a sign of communication. It's a way of signaling a myriad of things that words can't express. I think that's beautiful. If the tears come, let the tears come. Why don't we just embrace what we feel and let others know of it?

You'll be surprised by the results.