I walked to my special place and sat on the clifftop looking out over the bay where I promptly found myself weeping. A stranger appeared and saw my tears and asked, “Why are you crying?” I replied:
“I’m crying because the sky is blue and the sea is full of diamonds. Because the sun is strong enough to warm my winter bones and I can smell warmth radiating from the earth and because I can feel the breeze through my hair and on my face. I’m crying because it’s March and it’s spring and because everything is arriving in such a wonderful hurry. I’m crying because the Blackthorn is flowering and each time I pass it by I feel as though it is my dearest friend in all the world and want to fling my arms around it. I’m crying because there are yellow gorse flowers and robins and blackbirds and swooping seabirds. I’m crying because all these things I see outside of me feel as though they’re also inside me and because holding that much beauty inside is painful and almost too much to bear. I’m crying because on days like this I desperately never want to die. Not ever. Not ever ever. Let me stay here forever with the birds and the trees and the sea! I’m crying because I’m grateful and happy and because the miracle feels so close.”
Having finished my explanation, I looked at the stranger and asked:
“Why aren’t you crying, too?”
I am crying cos I am a highly sensitive human being reading your most beautiful piece of writing ever. Thank you
I am so glad to have met you Francesca, you beautiful soul. Thank you for this lovely comment. xx
Thank you for your emails. It’s lovely to know I’m not alone in how I feel. I don’t usually let me feelings out unless I’m alone but I still feel them and the tears still well up at the smallest things. Like the comment about being a beautiful human being. No-one I know feels the same as me and I feel they would to understand so thank you so much for your emails and for being a beautiful human being also.
Ah, it’s my pleasure Sarah. I think a lot of us have the experience of not knowing many people in our ‘normal’ lives who feel and experience life the same way we do and yet somehow bump into our kindred spirits on the internet. I’m happy if anything I write can be a reminder that there are others out there who understand us. Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment.
Wonderful story Leah. Like Symon, I too cry looking at the beauty God created. For me, God’s glory is revealed in His creation. God Bless my friend…
Thank you, Gene. It’s so nice to know there are others out there who are so deeply moved by the beauty of the world.
It resonates with me completely and I appreciate someone like you who has sensitivity and innermost eyes to feel the life vibes in the surroundings!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful writing 😊
Bless you, Indira, for your kind, sweet soul. I appreciate you being here.
Thank you Leah, you convey those feelings so beautifully. Nigel
Thank you as always Nigel!
Hello Leah. I know EXACTLY what you mean. I cry like that, often. So thank you, Symon x
You are a beautiful human being Symon! Nice to know there are others out there who cry like this all the time. xx