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SUMMARY:Spiritual Wisdom: This Too Shall Pass
DESCRIPTION:The following story of unknown origin but likely based on an ancient Persian folktale\, has helped me keep life’s ups and downs in perspective and maintain my emotional equilibrium.\nEnjoy.\nRabbi Dan\n\nOne 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. I wish to wear it for the Sukkot festival (the biblical Festival of Booths or Tabernacles)\, which gives you six months to find it.” \n“If it exists anywhere on earth\, your majesty\,” replied Benaiah\, “I will find it and bring it to you\, but what makes the ring so special?” \n“It has special powers\,” answered the king. “If a happy man looks at it\, he becomes sad\, and if a sad man looks at it\, he becomes happy.” Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world\, but he wished to give his minister some added humility. \nSpring passed and then summer\, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. On the day before Sukkot\, 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 special ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?” asked Benaiah. \nHe watched the elderly 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. \nThat night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. “Well\, my friend\,” said King Solomon\, “have you found what I sent you after?” All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled. \nTo 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 begin the words “Gam zeh ya’avor – This too shall pass.” \nAt 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.
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