No more hiding from my pain

So, I was enjoying a nice quiet evening tonight when I noticed a change in myself that I just hadn't realized. I noticed that I tend to get more emotionally involved in movies than I used to. Iwas watching a movie called A home for Joe, just some random family movie, and I found myself almost crying during some of the really touching parts. I used to never even come close to crying during movies and now I'm slowly becoming a crier. Wierd! Then i realized that now sometimes even a song can get me. Sometimes if I'm on my own and a certain song portrays a certain emotion, it just get to me and I find myself bawling. Hmmm... is this a bad thing? I'm not sure... When was in high school one of my leader's from a missions team I was on told me that I hid myself. She said that I was afraid to be me, that I hid from reality and tried to cover up my pain with concern for others. She was right. I look back now and I think I still sometimes try to hide from reality, but I have come to a point where I can admit that I have pain and that sometimes life just plain old sucks. But along with all the crap life brings I come to see that through trusting God comes infinite blessings. I've learnt that pain is temporary but God's love and blessings last forever, and that's a stinkin' long time. Well that's all for now, just thought I'd share some thoughts. Thanks for reading, friends.
Audrey