This time too shall pass...
This little phrase is one that my mother often used. Whenever someone's situation was not what was wanted or expected Mom would come out with this sage piece of advice.
I used to think that that phrase was sort of my own personal own 'golden rule', but now I am not so sure.
Yes, I can say this to someone who might have the flu, or a parent who is having some difficulty with a teenager, or someone who has just hit a deer while driving to work with their car. All these times surely do end...people heal, teenagers grow up, and cars go to auto body shops.
Just as surely as this phrase is true for most happenings in the rich culture found in North America, I would say that the antitheses of this phrase is more surely true for the rest of the world.
This Time Will Never End is and has been the truth for untold masses for eons. This means that if you were born in an alley in Rio de Janerio statistics show that you probably will die in that same alley at an age several years younger than someone who lives in the US or Canada.
This Time Will Never End concept is even more meaningful to someone born with a deformity, an example being a twisted spine that causes daily pain, living in the Congo jungle.
It can also mean that if you are an illiterate woman in the third world, the chances are that your children, especially your daughters, will NOT live their lives any differently from the drudgery and servitude that you have endured for the duration of the 'foreverhood' of your life.
I think that the truthfulness of This Time Soon Shall Pass is not necessarily a sage piece of advice for the majority of the world.
It seems that it is actually no more a solution to any real problem than an antacid cures the cause of gluttony that has become so prevalent in our own culture.
Perhaps instead of saying 'This Time Too Shall Pass', we who live in the the 'have ' parts of the world should be praying 'May This Time Never Cease.'
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This little phrase is one that my mother often used. Whenever someone's situation was not what was wanted or expected Mom would come out with this sage piece of advice.
I used to think that that phrase was sort of my own personal own 'golden rule', but now I am not so sure.
Yes, I can say this to someone who might have the flu, or a parent who is having some difficulty with a teenager, or someone who has just hit a deer while driving to work with their car. All these times surely do end...people heal, teenagers grow up, and cars go to auto body shops.
Just as surely as this phrase is true for most happenings in the rich culture found in North America, I would say that the antitheses of this phrase is more surely true for the rest of the world.
This Time Will Never End is and has been the truth for untold masses for eons. This means that if you were born in an alley in Rio de Janerio statistics show that you probably will die in that same alley at an age several years younger than someone who lives in the US or Canada.
This Time Will Never End concept is even more meaningful to someone born with a deformity, an example being a twisted spine that causes daily pain, living in the Congo jungle.
It can also mean that if you are an illiterate woman in the third world, the chances are that your children, especially your daughters, will NOT live their lives any differently from the drudgery and servitude that you have endured for the duration of the 'foreverhood' of your life.
I think that the truthfulness of This Time Soon Shall Pass is not necessarily a sage piece of advice for the majority of the world.
It seems that it is actually no more a solution to any real problem than an antacid cures the cause of gluttony that has become so prevalent in our own culture.
Perhaps instead of saying 'This Time Too Shall Pass', we who live in the the 'have ' parts of the world should be praying 'May This Time Never Cease.'
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I have been told that if you hold this up to your ear you can actually hear the 'Sands of Time' passing by.
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