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One day King Solomon decided to humble Benaiah ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. It has magic powers. If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy. I give you six months to find it."
"If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you."
Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility.
Spring passed and then summer and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring.
At the end of 6 months, he decided to take a walk in one of the poorest quarters of Jerusalem.
He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forgets his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah.
He watched the old man take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile.
"Well, my friend," said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?" All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled.
To everyone's surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!"
As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: "gimel, zayin, yud", which began the words "Gam zeh ya'avor" -- "This too shall pass."
At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.
When we count our problems, it is essential that we count our blessings too. To be more thankful for all good things God has already blessed us with. Its true that counting our blessings do not make our problems disappear automatically. But it helps us cope with the negative emotions and thoughts that might be getting in the way of us appreciating all the great things that we are privileged to have. The law of Nature is, the longer you live on this earth, the more you will go through trials and tribulations. However, what is comforting to know is the fact that “this too shall pass” and while it is passing, we can experience peace in knowing that light exists at the end of the tunnel.
One day King Solomon decided to humble Benaiah ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. It has magic powers. If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy. I give you six months to find it."
"If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you."
Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility.
Spring passed and then summer and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring.
At the end of 6 months, he decided to take a walk in one of the poorest quarters of Jerusalem.
He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forgets his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah.
He watched the old man take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile.
"Well, my friend," said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?" All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled.
To everyone's surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!"
As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: "gimel, zayin, yud", which began the words "Gam zeh ya'avor" -- "This too shall pass."
At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.
When we count our problems, it is essential that we count our blessings too. To be more thankful for all good things God has already blessed us with. Its true that counting our blessings do not make our problems disappear automatically. But it helps us cope with the negative emotions and thoughts that might be getting in the way of us appreciating all the great things that we are privileged to have. The law of Nature is, the longer you live on this earth, the more you will go through trials and tribulations. However, what is comforting to know is the fact that “this too shall pass” and while it is passing, we can experience peace in knowing that light exists at the end of the tunnel.
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