This passage discusses various aspects of life that are certain, uncertain, or can deteriorate one's life. It states that time, chance, and words are irrevocable parts of life, while serenity, honesty, and hope are undeniable. Love, self-esteem, and true friends are considered gems of life, whereas dreams, success, and fate are uncertainties. Anger, arrogance, liquor, and deteriorate one's life, while kindness is likened to a garden that bears the fruits of kind deeds through the roots of kind thoughts and blossoms of kind words.