Why do we cry?

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Did you know that we actually cry about 250,000,000 times in the course of a lifetime? Tears flow from tear glands into your eyes through tiny tear ducts. The tear glands are located under our upper lids, and when stimulated, produce tears to form a thin film over your eyeballs. Whether we are awake or asleep, happy or sad, this salty fluid is always flowing from the tear glands when something makes us happy or sad, our tear glands will produce emotional tears.

Why do we cry? Scientists have discovered that emotional tears contain high levels of manganese and a chemical called prolactin. It is believed that crying is a way of removing “excess” chemicals, which are not very good for the body. This might help explain why people say they feel better after "a good cry." Some says that they cry to show emotion and to relieve true inside feelings perhaps from greatest pain, sorrow and disappointment in life.

But what does it feel like after you’ve been crying? It may help to release the pressure of sadness so we can feel better. Jesus himself has cried when he experienced greatest pain, he says "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death" (Mt 26:38). Three times He asked God to let the trial pass but then God let Jesus suffer from pain so he will be a testimony to the world. A place where Jesus poured out his heart and shed tears, a place called Gethsemane.

I believe that when a person cries there’s an emotional longing within. I guess we cry because we want to unload our emotional feelings, they may not notice how sorrowful and painful we are, but I believe that God will use the greatest pain to be a powerful force in my life, in your life and in the in the lives of other. I believe that God sees our hearts, our cries and our tears.

“I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry.” Cat Stevens