Lament

Tonight we had a Lament Service at Highland. We were remembering our losses...deaths, remembered publicly and private losses like divorce or loss of job... It was very moving and yet felt strangely peaceful. Candles were lit and words were spoken and prayers said. All of those motions were important but I think the most important part of the evening was the permission to cry and touch each other and hold on to each other and acknowledge that there has been pain and that we are hurting. Mike talked about tears and how we should be aware of how the world looks through tear filled eyes.

I get dictionary.com's word of the day and today's word was satiety and here was the quote given today.....
a quote from a book titled Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears by Tom Lutz

Isidore of Seville, in interpreting the Psalms in the seventh century, seconded the idea that tears produce satiety. "Lamenting," he wrote,"is the food of souls."

Maybe tears fill us back up after we feel the emptiness of loss.