LIFE, The Meaning of

My Friend Evelyn, the Accountant .                  Looks at life in an orderly fashion. For sure, like me, you have thought of what life is all about many times. I did as a young girl, teenager, college student, and as I graduated from college, and many times in-between. These days I look back and ask what life has meant for me. What has preoccupied my thoughts? What has shaped my dreams? What has made me do the things I’ve done or doing? Has there been one goal or many goals? What have I accomplished? Where have I failed? What would I do over, if I could? If I had graphs of my life, what would they be like?

Don might be thinking of what his life has meant.

SUCCESS DEFINED

There are many books and there are many writers who have propounded this same question.  John Bunyan writes of people being pilgrims and going through various experiences.  Sometimes “success” is made synonymous to a meaningful life.  Present day “successful” people, who, by the way, become experts on everything, define success in the amount of accumulations – money, material goods, mansions, Rolls Royce’s, PhD’s or good works.  Some define it in the fame they have achieved, or in the notoriety they have gained.  And the list goes on and on.

ECCLESIASTES (THE PREACHER)

I have recently discovered that books come to life when I listen to them. One day I decided to listen to the whole book of Ecclesiastes, not so much for what it said, but for how it was said. Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite poetic books. As I listened to all the twelve chapters in one sitting, I realized that I was listening to the words of someone so very wise, in fact, possibly the wisest man who ever lived. He, too, tried to find the meaning of life in much the same way that 21st century people do. If you want to know what King Solomon’s take is on life, may I suggest listening to or reading his whole book of Ecclesiastes in one sitting. Then you would have sat at the feet of one who had it all and done it all. It will be most interesting to find out his conclusion.

If you wish to know who I listen to and how, drop me a little note in the comment box and I will get it to you. It will be fun to hear from you.