Think about your life

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In the last paragraph, he tells, "Tears deplete life like summer exhausts a river". My question, "does it happen always?" There are several types of tears that can be defined only by the circumstances. The tears I saw in the eyes of my relatives when they found their son becoming able to hear and speak, after the Australian doctors had implanted a bionic hearing device, must have been different . My wife had an extremely high-risk pregnancy and the doctors operated on her earlier than schedule to save both the lives. The tears I saw in my wife's eyes when she first saw our son-- a snapshot forever. I saw my mother shedding tears while saying her prayers or on hearing any outstanding achievements of her kids. In my view, these are tears of joy and asking for mercy from the Almighty Allah. In these cases, flash rain pushed the reservoir limit and burst into tears. There is another type of tears. Just a couple of nights ago, we saw many fans wiping eyes after their club Deportivo was eliminated from the UEFA Cup semi-final -- how do we describe those eyes? Very philosophically we can say, "This is life".

In my opinion, if we hurt someone, we dig a hole into the soul of that reservoir, which can't hold its optimum water level after a heavy shower while the latent heat keeps taking its toll as tears. The bottom line of this Cross Talk is perhaps-- be humble and don't hurt others in any way. Thanks to Ahsan for reminding us of the maxim of the ancient wise men.