So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them. Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity. For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Comment: There is something innate about intelligence. A lot of it is genetic. But being wise, mad or foolish is a different matter. There are outside influences like family, social and educational factors – but each is largely influenced by choice! And the end of the choice is as different as the difference between light and darkness! There is a lot of advantage of choosing wisdom. It’s like walking with your eyes open. But thinking ahead he sees and says ‘The fool and I both aren’t going to be here!’ ‘It made me angry’ he says for it seemed to him that finding something lasting and truly solid was difficult – he spent his life chasing ghosts and dreams and fantasy!
Prayer: Help me to the solid ground which You want me to stand upon!
As I read it! 