This too shall pass...

Greetings to you this Monday Morning…
In today’s e-world, e-mail signatures are here to stay. Most people create signatures that go out with each email that they send. These signatures usually contain information such as designation of the person, phone numbers and website addresses.
However a lot of young people also have very funky lines as part of their email signatures. One very interesting email signature that I came across recently said “This too shall pass”. I was quite amused to read this line as part of an email signature. We don’t change email signatures daily, so having this kind of an email signature probably meant that this gentleman was anticipating his bad time to continue for quite some time and so he put it as part of his email signature.
On second thoughts, may be he wasn’t going through any bad time at all. The moment we think from this viewpoint, a new theory emerges which I think is very apt. We all go through good times and bad times. Having an expectation that only the good times OR only the bad times will continue is not realistic. If we are going through a bad time, this signature tells us to keep the faith and not give up hope. When times are bad, we tell ourselves frequently “This too shall pass”, so hang on there.

What is also interesting is that it helps to read this line even when the going is great. If life today is great, full of fun, excitement and opportunities, it helps to keep an eye on the line – “This too shall pass”. The intention is not to be pessimistic but to expect that there are a lot of factors beyond our control that can affect the good times. The dynamic industry, natural calamities, political instability, world terror or even something such as a road accident that can happen to anyone of us and affect us badly. So it helps to be prepared for some bad times. Let’s not get very complacent and careless because things are great today. Whatever situation you are in today, remember “This too shall pass”.

Have a great week…