And I wonder. I wonder, can you decipher the difference between tears of joy and tears of sorrow? If you see a stranger with watery eyes, dragging their sleeve across their sniffles and mouth, would you be able to tell? The next question I have, is do you then ask the obligatory question of them, “Are you alright?” When it is your friend crying, your loved one, one would presume you would know the variation between happy eyes and sad eyes, maybe even varying levels of the two. But maybe not. Maybe I presume too much, or ask too much. I do that sometimes.
Also, I suppose I shouldn't limit it to two categories of tears. There are also tears of anger, pride, accomplishment, frustration, helplessness, heightened release, and fear, among others. Really it can be quite complicated identifying the origin of tears shed.
So I wonder. I wonder why emotions fight their way out through such small doors, as if there is no other way out. I wonder why we fight so hard to keep those doors closed, when it feels so good to leave them ajar.