Original Advice
“You are allowed to cry and still be brave - Your tears don’t cancel your courage; they clear it. Use them as information, then choose a response that honors your pace. No guilt or shame.”
Saltwater Courage, Aries Protocol
You think crying slows you down, dulls your edge, proves you lost. It doesn’t. The tears are pressure valves, not surrender flags. Let them fall, then keep moving. Denial stalls your engine; release primes it. You are not fragile; you are a blade rinsed clean. Stop performing toughness. Bleed salt, not momentum.
Crying is data: what hurts, what matters, what still burns. It clears smoke from the cockpit so you can see the target. Your nervous system resets; your focus returns; your aim sharpens. Suppression wastes fuel. Expression routes power back to choice. Read each tear like a map legend, then act on the coordinates, not the noise.
Cosmic Context
Aries runs hot under Mars; heat needs a release valve. Tears are your cooling system, not a detour, so the ram can charge again.
Action
──────Set a 7-minute timer, cry hard, then wash your face.
✨ You are allowed to flood and still be first through the door. ✨