The Philosopher's Tears Annotated Reflections

Colorful Nuggets of Wisdom Laced with Love... Like rain falling on a blossoming rose tears often comfort our body and soul. Tears are soothing vibrations of the heart that sing a melody of life's symmetry and harmony. Every tear is a beam of liquid sunshine flowing from within our heart and soul and speaks to us with clarity. Whether of unbearable grief sadness sorrow endless joy humor or laughter it is a harbinger of ineffable untold love. Often tears are words too painful for the heart to speak; then again tears are the lyrics to the music that our hearts sing. Tears are reflections of what our emotions reveal about what takes place within our innermost being at any given moment. Tears draw us closer to ourselves and to each other. Whether young or old they help us to gradually gravitate toward having a greater awareness of life and in developing a sense of global compassionate thinking. Tears build bridges that link hearts minds and souls together even among strangers causing us to have more humane sympathetic feelings for all sentient life on our planet and for our planet itself. The Philosopher's Tears Annotated Reflections Volume II is a compilation of poetic writing with the recurring theme of love weaved in as the thread that concatenates this Volume to the poems of The Philosopher's Tears Volume I. Volume II is presented with a flare of artistic creativity and carefully integrates and disperses images within the text. Images tie together with corresponding selections and at times serve like links in a chain binding the pieces together; and occasionally serve as guideposts for what is to come next. This technique of infusing images is intended to enhance interest to stimulate the reader in remaining engaged in identifying with and connected to the writer's words thoughts insights and feelings. The Philosopher's Tears Annotated Reflections is an inspirational journey of the mind and heart and focuses on major relationships we experie