Teardrops

Even after we are grown, we cry.


We all cry.


Whether our tears sparkle in the light of day, or secretly flow in the dark of our heart's night ...we all cry.








Our tears are shed for many reasons.

Death, illness, loss, guilt and profound sorrow are but a few of those reasons.

We cry at funerals, graduations, weddings, movies, and sometimes, our tears are beckoned by the sheer beauty or horror of our world.







Music can evoke our tears, as can poetry, prose and the spoken word.

We cry when we see our children take their first steps, and again, as our parents end their long journey.

We cry when we are mad or frustrated, and we cry when we are scared.




There are lessons to be learned from our tears.

The tears we shed as a child are no different than our tears of today. The tears are the same, but our understanding of them, tempered by time and flavored by experience, is different.





Our tears of both joy and sadness are inextricably tied to that which we love.

Our tears are born of love, and whether of joy for a new baby, or those for a lost loved one, it is love that brings forth our liquid expressions.

"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see
that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."— Kahlil Gibran