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 rend, 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.
What gain has the worker
from his toil?
Ecclesiastes 3:1-9