This Too Shall Pass
“THIS TOO SHALL PASS”
I first encountered these lines when I watched ‘My Bestfriend’s Wedding” starring Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I love the movie and I think I watched it more than 3x, but aside from being funny, I think one of the highlights of the film was when a bellman told those words to a very disraught Julianne (Julia) who was sitting on the hotel aisle.
Those words hit me, so after watching that movie, it has become one of my mantras when I am having some problems or I feel as if I am so burdened with life’s problems. Those 4 simple words never fail me to give the assurance that all heartaches, problems, anxieties and troubles will all soon fade - they will all pass - for sure.
In my last Wordless Sunday photo, I used that phrase (or a sentence?) again. And it was followed by - Now Would Be Good. The combination of those phrases were perfect as if saying, “if your having troubles today, don’t worry those will pass for sure. Everything will be ok.”
So I went photo and poem hunt again, and found these beautiful pieces which I want to share with you all. If you’re feeling down, cheer up! This Too Shall Pass!
This Too Shall Pass
If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be-
If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me-
If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too-
Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains
That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear-
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.
…Helen Steiner Rice
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“This too will pass” is one of my mantra’s as well. My dad used to say it to me whenever I felt sh*t.
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Hi Maline, nice post you have here. I could relate for days ago, exactly on April 6, I post an article in my blog 24 Hour Paradigm about the same phrase. Yes, this is such a powerful phrase and it serves our optimism right on track:) I like your blog by the way, I’d be here frequently moving forward. Cheers!
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