The Haiku
Am I a rich man?
Measure your wealth in baboons
like the wisest man
I’m thinking that if I’m going to pursue worldly wealth, why not baboons? Show those off at my lecture series. Maybe this is him trying out everything under the sun that lead to the writing of Ecclesiastes.
12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether he eats little or much,
but the abundance of a rich man
permits him no sleep.13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,14 or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when he has a son
there is nothing left for him.15 Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb,
and as he comes, so he departs.
He takes nothing from his labor
that he can carry in his hand.16 This too is a grievous evil:
As a man comes, so he departs,
and what does he gain,
since he toils for the wind?
from Ecclesiastes 5
It’s like, “I strive after baboon parades, but it was all a chasing after the wind.” How similar are some of our pursuits?
Teen Challenge International visited with me today. I should probably use my baboon funding and redirect it towards getting some tables and chairs donated to them. (For my own later reference the number is 602-271-4081.)