Essay About Crying

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INTRODUCTION
“People cry not because they are weak. It is because they have been strong for too long.”(Johnny Depp)
Crying is often thought as an ordinary emotional expression. Most of people do not ponder crying as an act of curing. Surprisingly, many researches had approved that there are various benefits as a result of giving out tears.
According to New Oxford English-English-Malay Dictionary, cry is a verb which is to make noise and produce tears in your eyes. When referring to Mosby’s Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions, cry is defined as a sudden, loud voluntary or automatic vocalization in response to pain, fear or a startle reflex. It is also described as weeping, as a reaction or an emotional response to depression or grief.
Crying is producing tears. In physiology, tears are secreted by lacrimal gland in lacrimal apparatus. There are a series of ducts that carry tears into the nasal cavity. The gland is located in the orbit and secretes tears continuously. The tears exit through tiny tubules and flow downward and medially across the eye. Two small ducts (the superior and inferior canaliculi) collect tears, which flow into the lacrimal sac, located in a deep grooved of the lacrimal bone, and then into the nasolacrimal duct, which empties into the nasal cavity. Secretion by lacrimal gland moistens and lubricates the surface of the eye and the lining of the lids. Tears have lysozyme which is an enzyme that kills bacteria, reducing the risk of eye infections.
Everyone cries no matter whether young or elderly, female or male, a follower or even a leader. Blind people also experiences in having tears. After giving birth, physician will pat on back of the baby until the he cries. It is a part of test t...

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...pents to Allah and fear to Him. As stated in hadith:
Ibn A’bbas reported:
“I heard the Messenger of Allah S.A.W saying: “Two eyes will never be touched by the fire of Hell; an eye which weeps out of fear of Allah and an eye which spends the night in guarding in the cause of Allah.” (At-Tirmidhi)
The prophet also said: “If through fear of (dipleasing) God, tears - even the size of a fly’s head – fall from any beliver’s eyes and drop on some part of his cheek, he will be kept away from Hell by God.” (At-Tirmidhi, hadith 1433)
In a nutshell, crying helps people to keep in healthy condition and get blessing from Allah. Without crying, people actually will be weak as there is no turning point of emotion. Human is very unique in nature that they are the only creatures that sobbing and weeping the tears. All praises to Lord, the Most Gracious and Merciful.

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