Ecclesiastes and Discussions about it

This morning, I read the book of Ecclesiastes and I have to say it is a very depressing book. It sounds like the person who wrote it is a HUGE pessimist and was really down on life. He believes in enjoying life the way it is and not regretting having a good time. You won't take earthly belongings to Heaven, so don't hoard it for yourself on earth. Today's exercise asks me if it sounds like something someone I know would write, and I have to say it doesn't. Evyn can be a pessimist sometimes, but never as bad as the guy who wrote Ecclesiastes. It also asks how I think he felt when he wrote it, like if he's down or a pessimist, and if not, was he giving a realistic point of life. I would say a bit of both, as I described earlier. It is a bit of a realistic point of life, but life isn't a bad as he portrayed it. There is hope in everything we do, and all we need to do is find it.

Another activity is what would I tell a friend who sounded like the author of Ecclesiastes. I would tell them to lighten up and look at the good side of life, the glass is half full, stuff like that. If all you ever do is look at the bad side of life, you will never enjoy yourself. If you have a heavy heart because of something, and that's why you are down, cheer up, because a cheerful soul is more likely to heal faster than a heavy heart.