This is why Solomon said “I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.” The answer he found was summed up in a word that we connote with the opposite of happiness: fear. “If you seek wisdom like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
I read an article, which I cannot locate now, about a study that found people who spend time thinking about death are measurably happier than those who don’t. The pursuit of happiness has always been a diversion from the hard questions, and technology is simply speeding up the frame rate.
This is why Solomon said “I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.” The answer he found was summed up in a word that we connote with the opposite of happiness: fear. “If you seek wisdom like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.”
I read an article, which I cannot locate now, about a study that found people who spend time thinking about death are measurably happier than those who don’t. The pursuit of happiness has always been a diversion from the hard questions, and technology is simply speeding up the frame rate.