I sort of agree . . . but in a qualified way . . .

Is it really weakness though? Or is it just being human? The connotation that weakness is some sort of flaw (a reason to beat ourselves up -- do we really need to do that to ourselves?) is the danger in calling it a weakness. The opposite is also true: Who died and said the strong don't cry?

I cried buckets for weeks when my sister died. Was that weakness? Personally, I don't think so. It was a natural and very human response to an intense loss for me.

I cry when I become overwhelmed by stress. Is that weakness? Personally, it is reaction to too much stress building up which releases like a pressure valve letting go in the form of crying. Still a pretty normal response to that kind of pressure and certainly preferable to not being able to release that pressure and completely exploding or imploding in some other, perhaps truly harmful way toward myself or others.

When I learned to accept my tears as normal and healthier than some alternatives for myself, I no longer put my crying (or other emotions for that matter) in the context of strong or weak or good or bad. That kind of acceptance has been calming, balancing, and freeing for me.