Women will totally get this. It doesn’t matter if the
poem speaks at times to faith or religion, or a traditional relationship.We can change that. What struck me is the sentiment.
Often times a word or an emotion can bring tears to my eyes. As women we rise
to the challenge no matter the toll it takes on us. We are passionate about our
friends and family. When they hurt we hurt. When they feel joy we experience
that same joy.
That isn’t to say that men do not feel love or emotions
nor does it seek to say that we are better because of how we express these
sentiments.
Men love just as fiercely.
What I felt in reading this poem is an understanding that
women’s tears can be our strength and heart. It doesn’t matter whether you are friend,
sister, lover or mother.That last sentence is really what moved me.
Now a little comedic disclaimer for our neck of the
woods:
When you read that a good ‘husband’ never hurts his wife……(Interject
partner….FF, MF, FM, MM etc….)
Here we know that doesn’t include a spanking! Just a small political statement. Ahem.....
"Why Women Cry"
Why Women Cry
A little boy asked his mother,
"Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.
"I don't understand," he
said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."
Later the little boy asked his
father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"
"All women cry for no
reason," was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a
man, still wondering why women cry.
Finally he put in a call to God. When
God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"
God said, "When I made the woman
she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to
carry the weight of the world,
Yet gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her an inner strength to
endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.
I gave her a hardness that allows her
to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through
sickness and fatigue without complaining.
I gave her the sensitivity to love
her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her
very badly.
I gave her strength to carry her
husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
I gave her wisdom to know that a good
husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve
to stand beside him unfalteringly.
And finally, I gave her a tear to
shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."
"You see my son," said God,
"the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that
she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen in
her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love
resides."
Author: Unknown
I sent this to Sunny and she encouraged me to share!
Thanks dear!
Thanks for reading,
Minelle