“Why are you crying”, a young boy asked his Mom. “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.

“I don’t understand,” he said.

His Mom just hugged him and said, “And you never will, but that’s O.K.”…….

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does Mom seem to cry for no reason?”.

“All women cry for no reason,” was all his Dad could say……

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally he put in a call to God and when God got back to him, he asked “God, why do women cry so easily?”

GOD answered……

“When I made woman, I decided she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet, made her arms gentle enough to give comfort… ! I gave her the inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times will come even from her own children. I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going and take care of her family and friends, even when everyone else gives up, through sickness and fatigue without complaining….

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances. Even when her child has hurt her badly…. She has the very special power to make a child’s boo-boo feel better and to quell a teenager’s anxieties and fears…. I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite faults and I fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart…. I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly….

For all of this hard work, I also gave her a tear to shed. It is hers to use whenever needed and it is her only weakness…. When you see her cry, tell her how much you love her, and all she does for everyone, and even though she may still cry, you will have made her heart feel good.

Have you ever wondered which hurts the most; saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing and wishing you had? I guess the most important things are the hardest things to say. Don’t be afraid to tell someone you love them. If you do, they might break your heart… but if you don’t, you might break theirs.

Have you ever decided not to become a couple because you were so afraid of losing what you already had with that person? Your heart decides whom it likes and whom it doesn’t. You can’t tell your heart what to do. It does it on its own…. when you least suspect it, or even when you don’t want it to. Have you ever wanted to love someone with everything you had, but that other person was too afraid to let you? Too many of us stay walled because we are too afraid to care too much… for fear that the other person does not care as much, or at all.

Have you ever denied your feelings for someone because your fear of rejection was too hard to handle? We tell lies when we are afraid….afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie…. the thing we fear grows stronger. Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don’t be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have, or could have had.

No one waits forever..
So take a risk.

1. Never apologize for pursuing what makes you happy. Even if you need to quit your job, transfer schools, or move across country, always do what you really want.

2. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR GIVING YOUR BEST IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT JUST DIDN’T WORK OUT.

3. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL. ONLY HATERS WANT TO KEEP YOU AT THEIR LEVEL.

4. Never apologize for crying. Wear waterproof mascara and express yourself.

5. Never apologize for ten pounds you need to lose. People who truly care about you will accept you as you are.

6. Never apologize for being frugal. Just because you save your money instead of blowing it on the latest fashion emergency doesn’t mean you’re cheap.

7. Don’t apologize for being a single mom/DAD. Babies are a blessing.

8. Never apologize for treating yourself to something special. Sometimes you have to show yourself some appreciation.

9. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR LEAVING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. YOUR SAFETY SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY.

10. Never apologize for keeping the ring even if wedding bells won’t chime.

11. Never apologize for setting high standards in a relationship. You know what you can tolerate and what simply gets on your nerves.

12. Never apologize for saying NO.

13. Never apologize for asking for what you want in bed. If you don’t, then who will?

14. Never apologize to your new friends about old friends. There’s a reason she’s been your girl from day one.

15. Never apologize for ordering dessert. Or more than one dessert.

16. Never apologize for dating outside your race. Just because you found Mr. Right across the color line doesn’t mean you don’t love your brothas.

17. Never apologize for not knowing how to cook. Even if you can’t burn like Grandma you know how to order good take out.

18. Never apologize for your taste in clothes. It’s your style.

19. Never apologize for changing your mind

20. Never apologize for exercising your right to choose. It’s your body and your right.

21. Never apologize for making more money than your man, you work hard and you deserve to get paid.

22. Never apologize for being you! “KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD”