I called a friend a few days ago, invalidated my feelings as per and she said

“So what if you feel sad? You’re human!”

And so as I burst on my own today, I declared that hour as “human hour”, a safe space for me to cry. You see, I am one to invalidate my feelings a lot. So I depend a lot on what people have said to me,

“Have you taken the time to cry?”

“You’re going through a lot right now.” 

And perhaps this human hour will make me realise that it is OK for me to validate my feelings. 

Because after all that, I will rise up and be darn better each time.