THIS TOO SHALL PASS AWAY!
One and half decade ago, I had the expression ' This Too Shall Pass Away' for the first time from a friend who is now deceased. We were passing through one of the most troubling moments of our lives as undergraduates. As we reminiscence about the events in our lives, and try to console ourselves individually and collectively, these five words ' This Too Shall Pass Away' dropped from his lips; and it has a therapeutic effect on our heavy hearts; and ever since then it has done wonders in my life. Friends, so many times I've found myself on the brink of life - a situation of ' no retreat, no surrender'; situations whereby I either press forward in pursuit of life goals, even though the destinations ahead are terrifying or uncleared enough; and or go backward and perished with the past. At such times, I always remember this expression - this too shall pass away and another one, tough times never last but tough people do! Let me tell you something abo