crying happiness

Tears of joy come when you are so happy, so ecstatic that your body doesn't know what to do.  You are so happy that your body does the action that usually happens when you feel the exact opposite. So happy, you cry.

  

I am so thankful for tears of joy.  Other than being way better than tears of sadness, for obvious reasons,  I think it is one of the strongest and most rare emotions that you can go through. 

Crying tears of joy brings you through an emotion experience where you feel both a peace about the situation and a restlessness that makes you want to jump, all at the same time.  Sometimes it feels like you are going through ten different emotional responses, while supporting just one.  

Tears of joy can't be forced. I’ve heard of people who can cry on command.  However, I don’t think this is possible with tears of joy.  It’s not possible because there is a face that goes along with the tears.   A face that no one can produce on command, a face that declares your love for that exact moment.  

I was blessed to be in my friends' wedding a couple of weeks ago.  As the bride turned the corner and caught in the groom's vision, he began to cry ( along with 99 percent of the bridesmaids).  I could see the joy illuminate from this face.  I’m sure there are no words that could have described how much joy he felt at that moment.  So much joy that all he could do is cry.  

And as I stood there with the other bridesmaids half crying, half smiling at the situation. I thought, I hope someday I can make someone that happy by just the mere sight of me.  

Jesus whispered, " You already do."