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Everytime you cry…

Have you ever made someone cry before?

Now, I don’t mean being mean and nasty to someone, resulting in hurt feelings and gushing tears.

And I certainly do not mean self mutilation or destruction to the point of disappointing your loved one, or just breaking their hearts.

I mean touching their lives. Giving them the best surprise of their life. Watching teardrops of joy, and not sorrow.

You know what that feels like? You know the warm feeling that tingles across your very soul when something like that happens?

Well, I had the wonderful privilege of experiencing that on Friday. It took some effort, plans made since a month ago, a dash of faith from all the initial hiccups, and a lot of determination. All sweat and trials aside, the result far, far compensated for all the hard work.

Basically, one of our colleague lost a very expensive and treasured handbag. It was not cheap, but it was the trauma of having the bag stolen, so soon after purchase, that shattered the poor girl.

Work piled up and other matters came in, and a usually hyperactive cheerful person was reduced. The brink of depression was far off still, but it was still a visible difference from the regular sunshine.

So, a group of friends embarked on a quest. To replace a lost bag, and in doing so, hope to revive a lost soul. It took ventures to malls across Malaysia and even a few trips overseas. And just as all seem lost, and the task force left wondering how popular can this bag be to be sold out in so many places, one was procured not a moment too late, merely a few days from our colleague’s birthday.

The gift was presented on Friday, under the guise of a mellowed birthday celebration.

If you had watched drama series where the heroine shed happy tears, and when you can’t help but smile like a satisfied cat yourself at the outcome; think about a real life scenario, and you were present with the said overjoyed character...

Because it is moments like this, basking in the warmth of friendship (and perhaps a little glee in having whipped up one heck of a pleasant surprise), that one is truly convinced in the art of giving, and in the sheer pleasure of receiving. The look of happiness, the laughter shared, and the satisfaction of a job well done. No money in the world would buy those things for you (although money did buy the means to the result).

I am proud to say that I made someone cry recently.

With the help of more than just a handful of people: some pretending to be all tough and emotionless, some clueless to the significance of their simplest of gesture of contributing funds; all suckers for happy endings, because the world needs more of those.

*The author highly advocates the exercise of making people cry happy tears.*