The Gifts of a Woman…
A little boy asked his mother:
—Mom, why are you crying?
—Because I’m a woman, she said.
—I don’t understand, said the little boy.
His mother just hugged him and said:
—And you never will…
Later, the little boy asked his father:
—Dad, why does Mom cry for no reason?
—All women cry for no reason!
That was all his father could say.
The boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why
women cry.
One day, he had a conversation with God.
He asked Him:
“God, why do women cry so easily?”
And God said:
—When I created woman, I needed her to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight
of the world, and gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her inner strength to endure childbirth and the
rejection that sometimes comes from her own children.
I gave her the toughness to keep going when everyone
else gives up, and to care for her family through illness and fatigue without
complaining.
I gave her sensitivity to love her children under any
circumstances, even when they hurt her.
I gave her the strength to stand by her husband
despite his faults, and I shaped her from his side to protect his heart.
I gave her wisdom to know that a husband never truly
hurts his wife — he merely tests her strength and her resolve to stay by his
side without doubt.
You see, my son, said God, the beauty of a woman is
not in the clothes she wears, the figure she has, or the way she does her hair.
The beauty of a woman is in her eyes…
Because the eyes are the gateway to her heart — the
place where love lives.
