A Woman

A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?"

• "Because I'm a woman", she told him.
• "I don't understand", he said.
• His mother 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 sometimes cry for no reason", was all his father could say.
• The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.
• Finally he asked God, "Why do women cry so easily?"
• God said, "When I made the woman she had to be special.
• I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.
• I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth, and the rejection that many times comes from her children.
• I gave her a toughness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining .
• I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.
• I gave her strength to support her husband through his faults, and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
• I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never purposely hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.
• Finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers to use whenever it is needed.
• You see, the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she has, or the way she styles her hair.
• The beauty of a woman must be seen in her heart - the place where love resides."