Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

For everything there is a season, and a time for everything 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.