ALL THINGS SHALL PASS AWAY.

BY THEODORE TILTON.

ONCE in Persia ruled a king
Who upon his signet ring
‘Graved a motto true and wise,
Which, when held before his eyes,
Gave him counsel at a glance
Fit for any change or chance.
Solemn words, and these were they:
“Even this shall pass away.”

Trains of camel through the sand
Brought him gems from Samarkand;
Fleets of galleys through the seas
Brought him pearls to rival these.
Yet he counted little gain
Treasures of the mine or main.
“Wealth may come, but not to stay;
Even this shall pass away.”

‘Mid the revels of his court,
In the zenith of his sport,
When the palms of all his guests,
Burned with clapping at his jests,
He, amid his figs and wine,
Cried: “Oh, precious friends of mine,
Pleasure comes, but not to stay —
Even this shall pass away.”

Lady, fairest ever seen,
Was the bride he crowned his queen.
Pillowed on his marriage bed
Softly to his soul he said:
“Though no bridegroom ever pressed
Fairer bosom to his breast,
Mortal flesh must come to clay —
Even this shall pass away.”

Fighting in a furious field,
Once a javelin pierced his shield,
Soldiers with a loud lament
Bore him bleeding to his tent.
Groaning, from his wounded side,
“Pain is hard to bear,” he cried.
“But, with patience, day by day,
Even this shall pass away.”

Towering in the public square,
Twenty cubits in the air,
Rose his status grand in stone;
And the king, disguised, unknown,
Gazing on his sculptured name,
Asked himself: “And what is fame?
Fame is but a slow decay —
Even this shall pass away.”

Struck with palsy, sere and old,
Standing at the gates of gold,
Spake him this, in dying breath:
“Life is done, and what is death?”
Then, in answer to the king,
Fell a sunbeam on the ring,
Answering, with its heavenly ray:
“Even death shall pass away.”

It makes me remember that everything in life passes and nothing is constant but change….

-Angeline

Maybe because of my age I’m not ready any more to say like Rossela O’Hara in “Gone with Wind” :
- Anyway tomorrow is another day !

I know there is another day but it might not be for me !

So, thank you Paulo, this is good thing to be remembered in a moment of stress, and then act !

When remembered “this will pass” in whatever moment it helps instantaneously.

With love and optimism,
Luce

My sister when she’s down watches anything that makes her laugh. Once she starts, the weight of sadness starts to lift.

Kathleen xxoo

Please do get also strength, take courage and endurance unexpectedly from the people around you, near and far, picking up your signal and bestowing you with well wishes…
Life is to enjoy, to dream, to be inspired by sudden unexpected encouragements, maybe a smile tomorrow where you didn’t expect it, to be returned of course!, and suddenly you will find yourself beyond what’s keeping you from being happy and thriving again!

Love,
Niek

The sentence is about the future, it states that any moment either it be the worse or good will pass one day.

Worry is just an imaginary. It shows that we are being afraid of some moments which are creating the problems in our life.
Every thing will pass one day. The things we do, the way we think and the way we think is just happening because we want them to happen.

“Nothing is permanent in the world.” We are temporary living with the problems in our life, do not worry about the happening that are occuring in our day to day life.

Every problems are subtacted if we divide them with those who are close to us and always remeber every thing will pass one day quickly with more often then not.

Worries are good in our mind because it will keep us alert and we will work more harder with the worries.

However, whatever be the case I have to stop it because- “this will pass too”

tony x

Just ‘Thank You’ for somehow knowing the right thing to say.

Best wishes,

Liola

It’s a phrase I’ve relied on many, many times to get me through the most difficult points in my life. When I feel that I can no longer handle the situation, when I feel everything is completely out of control and at the end of the rope, I tell myself “This too shall pass”

Once I was feeling down, a friend of mine took a pen and wrote on my entrance wall; “Never give up”. These words has been empowering. Another time I was doubting my abilities to do a job; my spiritual director told me; “If you cannot do it, who can”, which helped me to fulfill my task.