Men Don’t Cry? The Biggest Lie Ever Told

“Men don’t cry” is one of the oldest lies society still whispers into our ears.

The truth?

We cry. 

We just do it differently. 

Men cry in silence.

In the quiet of late nights.

In the space between one deep breath and the next.

We cry where no one can see,
because that’s the only place we were ever allowed to.

Our tears don’t always fall from the eyes — sometimes they fall inside the heart.

And that inner crying…

that’s where the soul steps in.

The soul becomes the friend, the healer, the shoulder we never had outside.

It gives us solace when the world expects strength.

It gives us space when the world expects answers.

It listens when no one else does.

Crying isn’t weakness.

It’s release.

It’s how the soul washes pain, so we can walk again with steady steps and a quiet courage.

Men cry.

Not for the world to see —

but for their own soul to hear.

And that is strength.

- Manohar Chimmani