This Too Shall Pass

Sorrow, pain, sickness and trouble all will pass.  Joy, peace, prosperity and pleasure too will come and go.  Life comes, this too shall pass, when death comes to claim what is not his own.  Whatever the situation, there is always a way out, if you just remember that this too shall pass. 

Light and darknes travel side by side, one to overcome the other at the appropriate time.  This too shall pass, as the moon must come forward, that the night might cover.  As joy comes in the morning, so the sunrise overshadows the moon, that light can blot out darkness and the sun, night will follow. 

Despair, sickness and sorrow too shall pass, that blessings may follow and God's will prevail.  Everything under the sound of my voice, reach of my hands, sight of my eyes, taste of my tongue and hearing of my ears shall too pass.  If mankind can conceive it and you can believe it, it too shall pass.  So take a little advice from me and stay in the race, for with all that life has to offer, this too shall pass.

Published in book titled "The Up Side of Down.  Introduction of a writer named Alice" in 2006.