Remember Your Creator While Young
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all.
But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
Be happy, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
So then, banish anxiety from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.
However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all.
But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.
Be happy, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
So then, banish anxiety from your heart
and cast off the troubles of your body,
for youth and vigor are meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 11:7-10
This advice comes at just the right time. Looking at the world today, I am anxious and at a lost of what to expect in the future, if there is one.
What will the world look like without oil.
What will the world look like without food. I can't imagine it.
Does it matter?
Many scholars and academia have predicted war and a drastic drop in world population.
I am worried.
Pessimistic in fact.
Man's ingenuity and creativity have defied many impossibilities.
But did we defied or delayed?
Will we come full circle to where we started off?
Are we better off than those that preceded us?
Are we happier?
As we wrapped ourselves in our own worldly cocoon,
simple things get more complex and complicated.
As things gets complicated, you will require higher sophistication and more energy intensive tool to control it
On and on, it never ends
till the day the black gold runs out
As one tells a lie, you need to tell more to cover the first one
On and on, it never ends
We; I myself included
love our cocoon so much that the world outside has never seem as frightening
I have seen the meaningless of this
Utterly meaningless
A discussion with a friend
My belief that we cannot change this world.
brought tears to her eyes.
My bad.
Sometimes you feel so helpless,
and you ask yourself "For what?"
Rationality and logic is not as rational after all.
What will the world look like without oil.
What will the world look like without food. I can't imagine it.
Does it matter?
Many scholars and academia have predicted war and a drastic drop in world population.
I am worried.
Pessimistic in fact.
Man's ingenuity and creativity have defied many impossibilities.
But did we defied or delayed?
Will we come full circle to where we started off?
Are we better off than those that preceded us?
Are we happier?
As we wrapped ourselves in our own worldly cocoon,
simple things get more complex and complicated.
As things gets complicated, you will require higher sophistication and more energy intensive tool to control it
On and on, it never ends
till the day the black gold runs out
As one tells a lie, you need to tell more to cover the first one
On and on, it never ends
We; I myself included
love our cocoon so much that the world outside has never seem as frightening
I have seen the meaningless of this
Utterly meaningless
A discussion with a friend
My belief that we cannot change this world.
brought tears to her eyes.
My bad.
Sometimes you feel so helpless,
and you ask yourself "For what?"
Rationality and logic is not as rational after all.
Everyday of my existence, labour, and basic provisions is a gift from God and I accept whatever God gives.
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