“...a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;” Ecclesiastes 3:5 The whole of Ecclesiastes is especially good in tough times. The book itself ha

“...a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;” Ecclesiastes 3:5 The whole of Ecclesiastes is especially good in tough times. The book itself has many stoic qualities. But this part, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, rings so true right now: For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. Now is the time to refrain from embracing.