Tears

     According to eyebeautytips.com: “The primary purpose of tears is to clean and lubricate the eyes.”  However I think we all know that tears are more important to us than that.

     We cry (or produce tears) for a various number of reasons.  Have you ever peeled an onion and NOT cried?  I’ve heard it can be done by peeling the onion under water in the kitchen sink, but I’ve never tried it.  I don’t like onions, never have, but that’s a different story than what I am writing about here.

     We also cry because we become sad over a situation or because we are extremely happy about something.  Sounds funny, but that’s the way we work.  It has to do with our emotions (one way or the other).

     Sometimes our emotions seem to overwhelm us when we experience a tragic event in our lives: perhaps the sudden loss of a loved one.  Then for some perplexing reason, many years later, we can have the event come up into our minds and once again we are suddenly stricken by the grief of this long past event and will begin to cry.

     It seems that women are more emotional than men.  A woman can be fine one moment and without any “apparent” reason just begin to cry.  Men often (and not for the better) have a hard time understanding this.  In one study that was reported on by bustle.com concerning men and women being left alone in a room to “meditate”.  Afterwards they were setup in the same situation but were allowed to give themselves a brief “shock” to take their minds off their loneliness.  Men gave themselves shocks more than two thirds the numbers of times done by the women.  In other words, most men would apparently rather experience physical pain than be alone with their own thoughts!

     Of course, great happiness can also make us cry.  We can experience situations that simply are beyond our understanding: such as, when we are extended kindness in such a way that it is completely unexpected and it overwhelms us.

     Perhaps we should stop and consider just how wonderful our tears are and what they not only do for us, but how they help us get through many various situations.

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"I cried when you left.

I cried when you came back.

I hope you can tell the difference."