A Time for Everything

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven :

a time to be born and a
time to die,

a time to plant and a time
to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to
heal,

a time to tear down and a
time to build,

a time to weep and a time
to laugh,

a time to mourn and a
time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and
a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a
time to refrain,

a time to search and a time
to give up,

a time to keep and a time
to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to
mend,

a time to be silent and a
time to speak,

a time to love and a time
to hate,

a time for war and a time
for peace.

-- Ecclesiastes 3 : 1-8 --