{"id":2339,"date":"2015-10-07T05:01:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T05:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2015-10-07T05:05:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T05:05:02","slug":"this-too-shall-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/this-too-shall-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"This Too Shall Pass &#8211; #zenquote #zen"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Elyane S. Youssef writes for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elephantjournal.com\/author\/elyane-youssef\/\">Elephant Journal<\/a><\/strong>, and one article of zen quotes caught my eye, and I wrote a series of poems on them, of which this is one&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The troubles and fears that to your eyes bring tears<br \/>\nThey too shall pass<\/p>\n<p>The joys of the heart when love does start<br \/>\nThey too shall pass<\/p>\n<p>The horrific wars and killing that destroys, God willing<br \/>\nThey too shall pass<\/p>\n<p>The eerie peace when the fighting does cease<br \/>\nThey too shall pass.<\/p>\n<p>Be not drunk on joy, or let trouble your peace destroy<br \/>\nThey too shall pass<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2340\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/keep-calm-because-this-too-shall-pass.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/keep-calm-because-this-too-shall-pass-300x300.png\" alt=\"This too shall pass... #zenquote\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/keep-calm-because-this-too-shall-pass-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/keep-calm-because-this-too-shall-pass-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/keep-calm-because-this-too-shall-pass.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This too shall pass&#8230; #zenquote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elyane S. Youssef writes for Elephant Journal, and one article of zen quotes caught my eye, and I wrote a series of poems on them, of which this is one&#8230; The troubles and fears that to your eyes bring tears They too shall pass The joys of the heart when &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[880],"tags":[2463,881,246,1237,2458,2460,2462,2461],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy","tag-buddism","tag-philosophy-2","tag-quotation","tag-saying","tag-wisdom","tag-zen","tag-zen-quote","tag-zenquote","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-BJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1586,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/two-magpies-at-kilcormac\/","url_meta":{"origin":2339,"position":0},"title":"Two Magpies at Kilcormac","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th April 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two magpies to the sky took flight I passed by to Birr on the bus Joy up ahead but not here yet Natures oracles speak to us. 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