When tears flow freely
20th May 2006
Initially when I wrote my earlier piece, I was thinking about my ability to express certain kinds of emotion. I was thinking that I used to cry a lot at one time in my life, and then I went through a long period when I apparently lost the ability to cry. It was so bad that there was a time when bad things were happening around me, for example, the death of my mom, when I lost the ability to cry. Then, apparently, years later, I seemed to regain this ability to shed tears again.
Reflecting further on the post and also the comments from my readers have helped me think through a little more about the issue. I now realize that my expressions of sorrow during that time were mostly triggered by other people’s suffering. Read the rest of this entry »
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