33 Mystic Notes

Preface A long time ago, there was a mighty merchant who dreamed while sleeping, a voice telling him to go to the town’s Hammam (public bath) and watch the Bath-keeper! This happened in two consecutive nights. Following the third night’s repetition of the same dream, he went to the town’s public bath, started to watch the Bath-keeper and his struggle of much trouble and toil to bring the wood from a far distance to keep furnace working all through the day with no rest. He went closer and said: “You have a hard work in such a hot weather!” “This too shall pass” : The Bath-keeper replied. A year passed by and it happened again for the mighty merchant to have the same dream in his sleep. When he went to look for the Bath keeper in the public bath. This time, he noted that his position’s been upgraded to the Bath-treasurer inside the bath. “Your work is more comfortable now.” the mighty merchant said. “This too shall pass” : The Bath-keeper replied again. The mighty merchant had the same dream two years later and he went to the town’s market after finding him not being a Bath-keeper anymore but having a huge famous shop in the main market and being famous as one of the town’s Trustees. “Greeting, how wonderful, you have grown a lot!” The mighty merchant said. “This too shall pass!” The Bath-keeper repeated with a smile on his face. Sometimes later the mighty merchant was invited to the town’s palace for an event. Suddenly he saw the previous Bath-keeper and now being as the King in the town. He went ahead and with tribute and respect, said: “It is my honor and I am proud to see my friend as the great King of the town!” “This too shall pass.” The King replied, repeating the gentle smile. Mighty merchant was surprised and thinking profoundly all through the day: “What else could he want in his life?” A few years passed, and the mighty merchant returned to the same town and decided to visit his friend where he found out that he has died recently. The merchant with sorrow went to the cemetery for his friend’s tribute. “This too shall pass.” Was engraved on his Tombstone.