Not my words, “All joy turneth to sorrow.” These are among the last words of anonymously written The Fall of the Niebelungs, as translated by Margaret Armour (a Project Gutenberg EBook produced by John Bursey in an HTML version by Al Haines https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3636/3636-h/3636-h.htm#chap39). The words occur just after Hildebrand slays Kriemhild.
Both tragedy and death end joy, but they come at the end of everyone’s story. Better to have joy that can “turneth to sorrow” than not to have joy at all. Lighten up. This is not your practice life. Live it joyfully. Share the joy with others before it inevitably “turneth to sorrow.”
Both tragedy and death end joy, but they come at the end of everyone’s story. Better to have joy that can “turneth to sorrow” than not to have joy at all. Lighten up. This is not your practice life. Live it joyfully. Share the joy with others before it inevitably “turneth to sorrow.”
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