It’s been said that angry tears are salty and happy tears are sweet. Whether or not that’s actually the case, it is true that not all tears are the same. Tears from chopping an onion are different from those shed from pain – like stepping on a Lego in the middle of the night — as are those special basal tears that keep eyes moist all day. Each type of tear carries unique proteins that reveal insights into health.

'I learned I need to love the participants and see them as Christ would'

“He [God] sees more than we can see. He promises that keeping the commandments brings happiness in this life and in the world to come,” taught Elder Anthony D. Perkins, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.