This Too Shall Pass....
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Do you have those moments when you have to remind yourself that you have faced worse challenges - and made it through? Thus, this (challenge) too shall pass?
I remember times in my past when it seemed hopeless, that all was lost. Looking back, I see where I stepped into that situation, suffered, and found my way through into a better world and new experiences. Sometimes, the situation didn't change; I just refused to suffer anymore.
I'm in one of those "this too shall pass" situations now. I took on a challenge in my career that seemed right for me at this time in my life. In just sixty days, the challenges have been one step forward and two back. I don't think I can continue; yet, I have no financial choice that will allow me to "give up." It's that difficult; I have never "given up" on a challenge before.
How about you? Have you had your "this too shall pass" moments; and looked back to confirm the truth in those words? Have you wanted to give up on a challenge and dogged through to the other side, the side that can look back and say, "Whew! That's over!"
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Heather Koelle says:
"This too shall pass"
I hear this often at my 12 step meetings.And it is true..once you have gone throught it.In sobriety I lost both my parents,my in laws,had a cancer scare,failed abysmally at trying to become a special ed teacher,tried to raise my kids consistantly(after being wishy washy before,with no backup),and numerous little challenges like overcoming my fear of driving on highways(I am driving to Maryland today,still have fear of getting lost) and am now in the middle of the hardest work of all.If it is passing it is like passing a kidny stone(from what I have heard)
Someone came into my life by accident and turned me inside out,and all that I had stuffed for 60+ years was cracked open,and now my heart is a big open wound,as I am trying to make sense of my marriage of 43 years,being the real me that I am now.Right now I am finding things I accepted before intolerable.The reason,I met a soulmate who showed me what things could be,but because of our impossible siituations(me married,him single but afraid,and living 3000 miles away,unwilling to move)so Now,almost 3 moths later,I am still mourning him,just like it was yesterday,grieiving the impossibility of our ever getting together,knowing what I know and how keeping my family intact is of utmost importance,but how living with one who doesn't really know who I really am,nor is able to share and see and hear me,or take me seriously,who can be verbally abusive,due to his own pain which he will not confront, all this wrapped up into a big painful chunk that I am smack dab in the middle of.But I keep on,working on healing myself,and that gaping open wound,and somehow resolving this life here that I am in.tough work,but the only way out is through.
DK Christi says:
Thanks!
Sometimes those challenges come all at once instead of nice and tidy, one at a time. I was told once, though, to try and tackle them one at a time. Getting through just one challenge sometimes makes us stronger to meet the next one. Thanks for sharing your strength and your struggle. Understanding that life for each of us has its difficulties that must be met makes our own challenges more acceptable. We are not unique after all; just special.