Water and Tears
10 Questions & Answers for Radio Interviews
1. What is Water and Tears about?
Answer:
Water and Tears is a book about something that every human being understands, but very few of us stop to think about: our tears.
Water is essential for life. Tears are also water, but they carry something much deeper. They can carry pain, grief, joy, healing, surrender, love, and even relief.
The book invites us to look at tears differently. Instead of seeing crying as weakness, I want us to understand that tears can be part of the body’s and the heart’s way of processing what words sometimes cannot express.
At its deepest level, Water and Tears is about learning to feel, to release, to heal, and ultimately to live more honestly.
2. Why did you choose the title Water and Tears?
Answer:
Because there is a beautiful connection between the two.
Water sustains life, cleanses, refreshes and flows. Tears can do something very similar emotionally.
When we hold everything inside, emotions can become heavy. But sometimes a single tear can be the beginning of releasing something we have carried for years.
The title is therefore both simple and profound: we are made of water, and sometimes our deepest emotions leave our bodies as water.
3. Many people are taught that crying is a sign of weakness. Do you agree?
Answer:
No. I believe we have misunderstood tears.
Crying doesn’t necessarily mean that somebody is weak. Sometimes it means that somebody has been strong for too long.
We live in a world that often teaches people to suppress their emotions: “Don’t cry. Be strong. Get over it. Move on.”
But healing doesn’t always happen by pushing something down. Sometimes healing begins when we finally allow ourselves to acknowledge what we feel.
A tear can say, “This matters to me.”
And there is nothing weak about that.
4. What do tears actually teach us about ourselves?
Answer:
Our tears can reveal things that our words hide.
You may say, “I’m fine,” while your body is saying something completely different.
You may think you’ve moved on from something, and then suddenly a song, a memory, a person or a moment brings tears to your eyes.
That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going backwards.
It may mean there is still something inside you asking to be acknowledged.
One of the messages of the book is that our emotions are not our enemies. They are messengers.
5. Is the book only about sadness and grief?
Answer:
No, and that’s one of the beautiful things about tears.
We cry when we’re sad, but we can also cry when we’re happy.
People cry when they fall in love, when they see their child achieve something, when they experience forgiveness, when they feel overwhelming gratitude, when they reconnect with someone, or when they finally experience relief after a difficult season.
So tears are not simply the language of sadness.
Sometimes tears are the language of a heart that has finally found somewhere safe to breathe.
6. Can crying actually be part of healing?
Answer:
Absolutely, although I would never suggest that simply crying magically solves a problem.
Healing is a journey.
But allowing ourselves to experience and express emotions can be an important part of that journey.
Sometimes we need to stop running from the feeling and instead ask:
“What is this emotion trying to tell me?”
When we can safely acknowledge our pain, understand it, process it and eventually release it, we can begin moving forward.
The goal isn’t to live in our tears.
The goal is to allow the tears to move through us rather than allowing the pain to live inside us forever.
7. What would you say to someone who hasn’t cried in years?
Answer:
I wouldn’t tell them, “You need to cry.”
I’d ask them a different question:
“What happened to you that made you believe you weren’t allowed to?”
Sometimes people stop crying because they learned very early that their emotions weren’t welcome.
Perhaps they were told to toughen up. Perhaps nobody listened. Perhaps they had to become strong for everyone else.
So I wouldn’t force the tears.
I would create safety.
Because when people finally feel safe enough to be honest with themselves, emotions sometimes find their own way to the surface.
8. What is the biggest lesson you hope readers take from Water and Tears?
Answer:
I want people to stop being ashamed of what they feel.
We don’t have to be controlled by our emotions, but neither do we need to be afraid of them.
There is a difference between being emotional and being emotionally aware.
I want readers to become curious about their own inner world.
When the tears come, instead of immediately wiping them away and pretending everything is fine, perhaps we can pause and ask:
“What is happening inside me right now?”
That question can open a door to self-awareness, compassion and healing.
9. Who should read this book?
Answer:
I believe almost everyone can find something in Water and Tears.
It’s for the person carrying grief.
It’s for the person who has experienced heartbreak.
It’s for the person who has been strong for everybody else.
It’s for someone who is learning to forgive.
It’s for someone experiencing joy.
It’s for someone who feels emotionally disconnected from themselves.
And it’s also for the person who simply wants to understand the human experience a little more deeply.
Ultimately, this isn’t just a book about tears.
It’s a book about being human.
10. If listeners remember only one thing from this interview, what would you like it to be?
Answer:
I’d like them to remember this:
Don’t be ashamed of your tears.
Your tears don’t make you less of a person.
They may be telling you that something matters.
They may be telling you that you’ve been hurt.
They may be telling you that you’re grateful.
They may be telling you that you’re finally letting go.
So the next time a tear comes, don’t immediately judge it.
Pause.
Breathe.
And ask yourself:
“What is this tear trying to tell me?”
Because sometimes the tears speak when the words can no longer do so.
And perhaps that is one of the greatest lessons of Water and Tears:
Water gives life.
Tears give expression to life.
And sometimes, allowing ourselves to cry is the beginning of learning how to live again.
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