I think I would see the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding" once,-- because there is a punch line "And this, too, shall pass" stated in the movie.
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In fact the punch line is originated from the story of King Solomon and his great courtier, Benea. King Solomon had challanged Benea to find a magic ring, being able to make a happy man sad only staring at it and vanish the sadness from a man because of starring at it too. Obviously, King Solomon just wanted to challenge Benea, because there was no the magic ring.
King Solomon had not seen Benea for months. Then Benea came back with a common gold ring. King Solomon laughed at him --Benea was cornered, run out of ideas. But when he saw the sentence engraved on the ring, King Solomon suddenly stopped his laugh. The Hebrew sentence was "Gimel, Zayin, Utd". It means "And this, too, shall pass".
Although King Solomon liked to play tricks, he is a wise man. He knew that his smart courtier has succeeded.
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"And this, too, shall pass" may not be the philosophy everyone could be appriciated. This is because the world wisdom could not be learned only from seeing or hearing, but we would get them clearly when something had been happened to us.
Similar to love, if we have never been in love, we would not know how painful the broken heart is.
Similar to fear of death, if we have never been come close to die, we would not know how fearful it is.
Similar to be kicked in the groin, if we have never been kicked, we would not know how suffering it is.
Similar to bearing a child, if we have never done it, we would not know if it is more suffering than being kicked in the groin.
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Therefor, the ones who have never been disappointed, sad and suffering at the level of closing to die ...but not die, the one would know "And this, too, shall pass" is true.
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Translated into English by: Noona
Inspiration : And this, too, shall pass., a day Publishing
1 comment:
Very interesting story and thoughtful reflections, Noona. Sometimes when I'm having great difficulty, I tell myself that one day, what I'm experiencing will just be a story to tell - it will just be history. Because no matter what we are experiencing (good or bad!) and how real it feels, it's all just temporary, and therefore in some ways, our life is like a passing dream!
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