This Too Shall Pass

When we are going through something very difficult,
When we are faced with trials which seem to be insurmountable,
When we have to travel a long and sad journey,
When we only see road blocks everywhere we turn,
When we have done everything we could and still it's not enough,
When we lose the one we thought we could never live without,
When we are at our lowest, loneliest and weakest,
When we are abandoned, rejected, forsakened and unloved,
When there seems to be no end to our pain and sufferings,
When we feel like life is nothing but a constant struggle,
Let us always remember, this too shall pass...



This Too Shall Pass
by Helen Steiner Rice

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.