Vanity of life
Words of the preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, vanity of vanities, everything is vanity
What advantage does man have of all his work with which he worries under the sun?
Generation goes, and generation comes, but the earth always remains
The sun rises, and the sun sets and hurries to return to the place where it rises
The wind pulls to the south, and surrounds the north, it keeps turning and at its turns the wind returns again ...
I would like to reflect on these words spoken by the preacher in these verses
Vanity of vanities or what is the same, nothing makes sense, everything is useless are the conclusions reached by this author everything he describes comes to think and write what is the benefit of existence?
the question posed by the preacher explains why everything is useless: there is no profit nothing is gained the continuous work of the human being in this world has no value
Concludes that the human being is born and dies, but the world seems not to be aware
Also that the sun the wind and the rivers behave the same as always regardless of what humanity does
The human effort to introduce lasting changes in the world around him is also tiring
Of all the things tested here it is concluded that everything is vanity and that life like this does not make any sense
When this man reflects on his works, he realizes that none of this has value, since pleasure only satisfies a moment and manifests the same defect that human wisdom does not take advantage of at all.
However after all this the preacher says that if you know God, and you try to live your life before Him in a way that pleases Him, you will be wise
The wise life supposes to attribute a relative value to him to the decisions that one can take, the wise person chooses those things that have a permanent value, often the best decisions are not those that are in agreement with the norms of the world
Wisdom overcomes foolishness, because the wise man knows where he goes while the fool is stumbling like a blind man
The supreme value that man seeks can not rest on any hope of retribution in this life, because, it must be understood that the search for pleasure for love of pleasure is a vain attempt
A life lived only for the sake of the wisdom of this world is useless
All things in excess is vanity and extremes are unnecessary
To all this our retribution is in Jesus Christ and only in Him can we rest and understand the purpose of life
Excellent @xioran, it is best to have divine wisdom, that will lead us to succeed.