Tears are God's great gift to humankind

I sent this to the Saint, Rheka Basa, after reading one of her (many) moving columns. She answered with kindness and with grace. Let me share with you:

The gift you give ... of tears to the grieving
  
Allows the sadness and sorrow to flow out of
  
Their bodies, to flow out of their minds, to flow out of their souls
  
 
  
Tears are God's great gift to humankind
  
That we might express our profoundest sorrows
  
Our deepest sense of loss
  
Cry our tears ...
  
And then find the inner strength
  
The Peace of God (which surpasseth all human understanding)
  
And to move forward
  
Cherishing the loving memories
  
Of those to whom we have sublimated ourselves
  
In partnership, and in love
  
And honoring their love and caring for us
  
By how we manage to continue without them
  
But not really without them ... for they are indeed
  
Woven into our hearts, our minds and souls
  
Providing us comfort, shelter, understanding
  
Knowing they loved us
  
And knowing, at a mythic / spiritual level
  
That all things are connected
  
That past present and future intertwine
  
That those we have loved remain with us
  
As long as we remember them, and honor them
  
 
  
And that Love
  
Binds us
  
And that all souls
  
Are part of a greater whole
  
 
  
And we know these truths
  
We experience these truths
  
In moments of sadness and sorrow
  
In moments of joy and remembrance
  
In the places where things that are known
  
Cannot be proven
  
By reason or experiment
  
But these things are known
  
They are known and felt and seen and sensed
  
 
  
These things are known
  
 
  
 
  
Thank you for caring enough to share,
  
For it is in giving that we receive.