It is that time of year where I am drowning in preparing tax returns. Since I am working more hours the extra money is always nice at first. But then after a few weeks of no time off, working seven days a week the money is no longer as attractive as it seemed at first. I miss time with my family, working in the yard, being with friends and even household chores. This is what comes to my mind.
Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?”
This is the greatest wisdom – to seek the kingdom of heaven through contempt of the world. It is vanity, therefore, to seek and trust in riches that perish. It is vanity also to court honor and to be puffed up with pride. It is vanity to follow the lusts of the body and to desire things for which severe punishment later must come. It is vanity to be concerned with the present only and not to make provisions for things to come. It is vanity to love what passes and not to look ahead where eternal joy abides. – Thomas a’ Kempis
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