This too, shall pass.

9th September 2009
Mittwoch
This too, shall pass.


Here is a story from Krissy's valedictory speech at TP's graduation ceremony 2009.


It was said that, in old Jerusalem, there was a king who had in his possession the most magnificent collection of precious jewels. Yet, he was unsatisfied, for he was told of the existence of a magical ring.

A ring with such power that it could take a happy man’s joy away;
A ring that could take a sad man’s sorrow away;
A ring that had the power to clear confused minds & bring light to a lost soul;
and this ring, had the power to truly deepen joy.

The king offered all his advisors a huge reward and sent them out to scour the world for the magic ring. Years passed and one by one, they came home empty-handed.

The king's humblest, most devoted servant was the last to give up. As he was trudging back to the palace to admit defeat, he made one last stop at a small dusty shop.

When he sadly told the proprietor what he had been seeking for so long, the old man smiled and said," I have the ring." Taking a little box down from a high shelf, he refused payment.

"Your King needs this," he said. "Take it as a gift."

The King tore open the box with trembling fingers. Inside was a plain metal ring! Was this the treasure that he had gone to for so much trouble?

Astonished and angry, the King was about to throw the box across the room when he noticed the Hebrew letters engraved on the ring. He looked more closely.

"Gam zeh ya-avor," it said. "This, too, shall pass."

The King wore the ring for the rest of his life. Whenever he was sad, or intoxicated, or joyful, he would read those words -- and it worked exactly as he had dreamt.