There was this Jewish king named Solomon (Suleiman the Wise). In a grumpy mood, he thought of teaching Benemiah Ben Yehoyada, his minister, a lesson. So he assigned to him a seemingly impossible task. He ordered Benemiah to find him an object with extraordinary features. And that was - if you were happy and saw the object, you would feel unhappy and vice-versa. If you were joyous and wore it, you would feel absolutely sad. Solomon gave him a six-month timeline for the search. Deep down in their hearts, both Solomon and Benemiah knew that such a thing did not exist in this universe. Benemiah prayed hard for a miracle. A little before the deadline was over, and having walked all over for such a thing, he decided to go to one of the poorest places in Jerhusalem. There he saw a very old merchant who was spreading out his goods on a carpet. Benemiah was quite intrigued. He thought, “Let me take a chance with him.” Therefore, he asked the merchant whether he had a magic object that could make a happy person forget his happiness and a sad person forget his sorrow. The merchant smiled. He took a gold ring from his wares and etched four words on it. Benemiah took the gold ring. When he read the inscription, he was extremely happy. He felt that his mission was accomplished. He went back to Solomon. Solomon and all his ministers began making a mockery of Benemiah, teasing him as he would have returned empty-handed. Benemiah smiled and offered the gold ring to His Majesty. As soon as Solomon read what was written, he stopped teasing. The words were “this too shall pass”.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:34:53 +0000
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