Gratitude Post - March 14, 2023

I'm grateful for teardrops 💧!

I've always been impressed by the shape and movement of a droplet of water.  The fluid, graceful movement as it streams from one point to the next and travels downward until it drips or drops to its final location.  A calm and peaceful demonstration of how the natural world embodies grace.  And teardrops are no different.  As a tear forms along the bottom lip of your eye, it then smoothly separates itself and glides down its path along your cheek.

I find it interesting how this graceful, peaceful form is released from such exuberant emotions.  If you take the time to consider the release of emotion that elicits teardrops, you'll realize that they're rather exuberant emotions, prone to sudden changes and general upheaval.  And that can be said for any end of the spectrum, whether you're crying because of an expression of sadness and despair, because you're filled with joy to the point of tears, because your anger ha triggered tears of frustration, or because you've laughed so hard that you've cried.  In each and every case, the feelings that are being released are in juxtaposition to the simple, graceful, diminutive form of a teardrop.  Indeed, you could say that the minimalist nature of a tear drop is a stark reversed expectation based on the emotions that evoke them.

But I'm grateful for the release inherent within a tear drop.  The release of feeling, the release of grief, the release of anxiety, the release of hope, the release of joy.  It is with great feeling that a small, droplet of water, a tear drop, is formed and then gracefully proceed down your face to drop to the ground, or be mopped up unceremoniously by a tissue or a handkerchief.