A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I need to" she said.
"I don't understand," he said.
His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will." Later the little
boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"
"All women cry for no reason," his dad answered carelessly
The little boy , still wondering why women cry, finally asked the old wise shaikh. "He surely knows the answer", he thought.
"Ya Shaikh! Why do women cry so easily?"
He answered: "When Allah made the woman she had to be made so special. He
made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet
gentle enough to give comfort. He gave her an inner strength to endure
childbirth and the rejection that comes from her children. He gave her
a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up,
and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without
complaining. He gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any
and all circumstances, even when her child hurts her very badly. He
gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned
her from his rib to protect his heart. He gave her wisdom to know that
a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths
and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. And lastly, He gave
her a tear. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use whenever she
needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation, its hers."
"You see my son, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the
beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a
woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her
heart - the place where love resides."
The little boy got the answer and never asked the question again.
LI 5.09.15
ghola_tleilaxu v. 0.7
