Hidden Tears

I've often been told of how I'm forever smiling and up to now I had never really come to understand the gravity of how there is a story behind every smile. Unfortunately most of those stories remain untold and with every smile that goes, little by little our heart's are torn. We tend to smile at those very people that cause us to cry when we're alone at night. I don't know if it's just me but have you ever felt that maybe if you did show that anger and frustration, those tears, it would be accounted for as a sign of weakness? We are often labelled as people with a strong character, the kind of people who have an "I don't care" attitude not knowing that it's all a façade. I've come to know that everyone has emotions it's just that those emotions are not all triggered by the same thing. You probably will never know how do handle other people's feelings until someone else fiddles around with your own. The problem is after we go through the hurt and pain we become so hard hearted to the extent that we seek revenge even on those people who have nothing to do with what we've been through. Try befriending a person who's been betrayed before or dating a person who's been heart broken and you'll understand what I mean. Why is it when people say nasty things to us we pretend to take it lightly even put on a smile yet when we get home it's the very thing that will delay us from falling asleep? The horrible thing about life, well personally, is that we're often attracted to the very things that break us. It's often hard to stand up to those bullies and say exactly how we feel. I believe every person has been hurt by someone because we live in a world full of people with characters that contradict ours so hopefully I'm preaching to the right crowd. I urge you, yes you, decide to be different, we've obviously heard the golden rule over and over again "do unto others as you would want them to do unto you". Many people go to bed at night in the most extreme cases thinking of suicide and for others just ways to withdraw from society because of what someone else has done to them or said about them. Don't be deceived, words have the ability to make or break someone, actions included so be careful what you say and what you do to the next person !!!