“Don’t ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.” William P. Young

A lot of people know that I am a cry baby; in fact, I admit that I wear my heart on my sleeve. However, I concur with Mr. William P. Young when he says that tears can be wonderful. Although they can represent the anguish and the pieces of a hundred cuts and lashes to the heart, they come bearing ointments and salves. 

Today, I literally “stumbledupon” this website that claimed to have 101 short stories that will leave me “smiling, crying, and laughing” and cry baby cynic that I am gave the first dozen stories a half-hearted glance while simultaneously watching “Lipstick Jungle”. However, as I focused and read, it made me think. 

As a Duke student, the definition of success and I can sometimes have a monogamous relationship.  There is a picture in my mind - me getting a phone call securing that lucrative internship position for this summer that will lead me to my future. How incredibly puerile.

There must be more than this, correct? However, we need reminders that even though our houses, cars, watches, and gadgets are made of sticks and stones, our lives are built and kept by the people around us.  Those people we hate and despise, those people who pull us by the hair to our wits end, those people that tick - they’re human. 

I’ve been thinking a lot about legacy - what am I going to leave behind? No matter how many people are trying to save the world, there seems to be too much world to be saved. Furthermore, doesn’t it seem like everyone wants to save the world now? It’s become “hip” right?

Even though I desperately want to make everything about me, it’s not. There are greater pictures to be seen and greater things to do. 

I hope that these 101 short stories make you think. I hope they make your cry. I hope they make you pass it along.