“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: “And this, too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!”
Abraham Lincoln – from his speech at the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, 30th September 1859
A global pandemic. A crippling bout of melancholia. A goddamn fish-finger sandwich.
For better or worse, nothing in this life lasts forever.
And this, too – whatever you’re facing – shall pass away. That is not me being flippant, or simply trying to make you feel better. The laws of the universe dictate that it must pass.
My contribution is to promise you that there is nothing shameful in simply waiting it out – in weathering the storm.