First of all, a brief explanation: the URL is a reference to Ecclesiastes 1:7, "All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full." Why that verse? Well, I love Ecclesiastes, for one. I was really struggling not that long ago, over-burdened with work and school, with decisions and ambitions and failures. So I read the book of Ecclesiastes...which really depressed me.
Right off the bat, second verse of the first chapter: "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!"
I read the whole book in two days (which isn't really that impressive, considering it's only 12 chapters long) and everything that I had been working so hard to hold on to, all the balls I had so diligently juggled for so long...one by one, they were knocked to the ground. Meaningless.
It took me a little while to figure out how uplifting, how liberating Ecclesiastes can be. This life, the things of this world, everything under the sun is temporary. Everything. So things don't matter as much. When you have everything all neatly in perspective, stress isn't a factor anymore, and you don't have to waste time chasing after the wind.
Of course, I have trouble maintaining a realistic perspective. I need constant reminding. If I'm going to be keeping this blog up, and writing about all these temporary meaningless things, I need to be reminded where they really fit in the big scheme of things.
Besides, Ecclesiastes is just so poetic. :)
More on the nature of this blog (and it's author) later. For now, sleep.
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