Study Desk

So I decided to find out about wisdom and knowledge and also about foolish thinking, but this turned out to be like chasing the wind.

I thought to myself, "What happens to a fool will happen to me, too, so what is the reward for being wise?" I said to myself, "Being wise is also useless."

So I hated life. It made me sad to think that everything here on earth is useless, like chasing the wind.

Someone else will control everything for which I worked so hard here on earth, and I don't know if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless.

So I became sad about all the hard work I had done here on earth.

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

So I realize that the best thing for them is to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live.

I said to myself, God has planned a time for every thing and every action, so he will judge both good people and bad.

The same thing happens to animals and to people; they both have the same breath, so they both die. People are no better off than the animals, because everything is useless.

So I saw that the best thing people can do is to enjoy their work, because that is all they have. No one can help another person see what will happen in the future.

Maybe so, but I say it is better to be content with what little you have. Otherwise, you will always be struggling for more, and that is like chasing the wind.

I saw a man who had no family, no son or brother. He always worked hard but was never satisfied with what he had. He never asked himself, "For whom am I working so hard? Why don't I let myself enjoy life?" This also is very sad and useless.

Many followed him at first, but later, they did not like him, either. So fame and power are useless, like chasing the wind.

Think before you speak, and be careful about what you say to God. God is in heaven, and you are on the earth, so say only a few words to God.

If you make a promise to God, don't be slow to keep it. God is not happy with fools, so give God what you promised.

Many useless promises are like so many dreams; they mean nothing. You should respect God.

The more wealth people have, the more friends they have to help spend it. So what do people really gain? They gain nothing except to look at their riches.

This, too, is real misery: They leave just as they came. So what do they gain from chasing the wind?

So I decided it was more important to enjoy life. The best that people can do here on earth is to eat, drink, and enjoy life, because these joys will help them do the hard work God gives them here on earth.

This is something wrong that happens here on earth: What happens to one happens to all. So people's minds are full of evil and foolish thoughts while they live. After that, they join the dead.