THE OTHER FACE OF TEARS

Not every tear

is born from sorrow.

Some spill over

when the soul overflows,

when the heart can no longer fit in the chest,

and the body

becomes a river.

Strange, isn’t it?

That the same gesture that walks with grief

can also arrive

when joy pays a visit —

as if the emotion were so big,

it had no choice

but to escape through your eyes.

Because crying

isn’t always sadness.

Crying

is feeling too much.

And sometimes,

feeling too much

is a divine gift

that reminds us

we’re still alive.

The universe is so wise

that it balances every shadow with a light,

every ending with a beginning,

and every tear of pain

with one of fullness.

And when they meet —

when sorrow and joy embrace —

you touch one of the universe’s greatest mysteries.

Learn to love that moment

when your tears are not losses,

but an overflow of life.

When you can’t say a word,

yet everything is spoken

through your silent, sacred weeping.

That

is a divine gift.

That

is a miracle we often forget.

The miracle

of being so full of life

that even your tears

begin to celebrate you.