Wednesday, January 23, 2008

This Too Shall Pass

There is a story about the richest and the wisest king in the world. His name is Solomon.
One day Solomon told his jeweler to make a ring for him. And the jeweler thought hard how to make a ring to the richest man in the world. It took the jeweler a year to make a ring for the richest man on earth. And finally he present it to Solomon. And Solomon took the ring and gave it back to the jeweler. And Solomon said "Now I want you to take it back and inscribe something on the ring that will be meaningful to all generations and all times".

And the jeweler thinks and ponders hard, what to inscribe on the ring for the wisest man in the world. And he takes the ring back and doesn't bring it back for a year. And he came to the palace and presents it to the king. And on the back of the ring, nobody can read it except Solomon, it says,

THIS TOO SHALL PASS

And Solomon asked "What does that mean?"
He answered "Solomon, when you get arrogant and proud and everything is going well, remember this, This Too Shall Pass, but when thing are going bad, and you feel that all hell is broken out against you, people don't like you, and all the decisions going wrong and look back of the ring and you will remember, This Too Shall Pass".


Points to ponder :- How many of you know that it came to pass? It came about just so it can pass?

Think about it :)

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