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Dear Reader,
Thanks for taking the time to email. Nina responded to last week's column about crying. If you missed the column, you'll find it at: http://tinyurl.com/2unvxc
From My Email Bag:
"I remember my dear Aunt crying about some sensitive situation and her husband and daughter laughing at her...and then I'd feel my eyes sting because I knew Aunt Fran now felt doubly sad. I was only 10 or so, but it taught me the grace of '...weep with those who weep'. It's a rare person who joins me in a cry... and I don't know why.
As a Pan Am stewardess, I often replenished the Kleenex pack for passengers and brought a freshly dampened towel to catch sobs on our long overseas flights. To lessen their feeling conspicuous I'd sit in an adjoining empty seat knowing that a good cry often makes ya' feel better, quicker. It is strange how tears make some people uncomfortable.
This last New Year's Eve 'Discovery' ran a program on the well-known therapy of laughter. Associations have formed to get together just to laugh. It needn't be funny to be therapeutic. It's not the 'emotion' that's healthy, but just the physical act: 100 laughs is equal to 10 minutes of aerobic exercise. Perhaps there's a market for Sobsters to just get together and chop some onions!
It's nice to know there are others who appreciate crying as a valuable expression...and I join Schulz's Lucy: 'Smile and the world Smiles with you,' Cry and you break the Monotony:) "-- Nina
Thanks for your email Nina, I always appreciate hearing from readers. And of course, thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Warmest regards,
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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