This Too Shall Pass

~ Helen Steiner Rice

If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be-

If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me-

If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too-

Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains

That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear-
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.

When you are going through hell, it is so hard to imagine better days ahead. You feel broken and alone. It is in these moments that you need to focus on surviving the next minute, hour, day, week, and so on. As time progresses, you will begin to realize that the storm clouds will recede and even though you may be a little worse for wear, you will survive the storm. So, it is when you are at your lowest that you must have faith that no matter how long the night, the dawn will break.