This Too Will Pass by Ajahn Brahm

It's time to share some inspiring stories to the people around us.
I downloaded this Buddhist Fellowship apps in my hand phone because I found that there are some inspiring stories shared by Ajahn Brahm.
My colleague introduced Ajahn Brahm to me saying that his talk are interesting, you may find a lot of great values in his talk.
In fact, I did find a lot of different value each time I listen to his talk.

Ok, let me share a stories of Ajahn Brahm from the apps I downloaded ~ credit to Buddhist Fellowship apps.
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FYI, I just copy the article from the Buddhist Fellowship apps and paste in my blog.

  One of the most priceless of teachings that helps with depression, is also one of the simples. But teachins that seem simple are easy to misunderstand. Only when we are finally free from depression can we claim to have truly understood the following story.

  The new prisoner was afraid and very depressed. The stone walls of his cell soaked up any warmth; the jarring collision of steel, as many gates closed, locked hope beyond reach. His heart sank as low as his sentence stretched long. On the wall, by the head of his cot, he saw scratched in the stone the following words: THIS TOO WILL PASS.

  These words pulled him through, as they must have supported the prisoner before him. No matter how hard it go, he would look at the inscription and remember, "This too will pass." On the day he was released, he knew the truth of those words. Hes time was completed; jail too had passed.t that message

 As he regained his life, he often thought about that message, writing it on bits of paper to leave by his bedside, in his car and at work. Even when times were bad, he never got depressed. He simply remembered, "This too will pass", and struggled on through. The bad times never seemed to last all that long. Then when good times came he enjoyed them, but never too carelessly. Again he remembered, "This too will pass", and so carried on working at his life, taking nothing for granted. The good times always seemed to last uncommonly long.

  Even when he got cancer, "This too will pass" gave him hope. Hope gave him strength and the positive attitude that beat the disease. One day the specialist confirmed that "the cancer too had passed".

  At the end of his days, on his death bed, he whispered to his loved ones, "This too will pass," and settled easily into death. His words were his last gift of love to his family and friends. They learned from him that "grief too will pass".

  Depression is a prison that many of us pass through. "This too will pass" helps us pull through. It also avoids one of the great causes of depression, which taking the happy times too much for granted.

~ by Ajahn Brahm