All a Bunch of Nothing

“Think for a moment of what Solomon was in a position to do. We should mediate briefly on what he probably did. He had a thousand women, all of them built from the ground up, and all good looking. He had more money than a man can spend. He had vast estates. He had time to pursue every possible kick in every possible corner of his palaces. But it was all a bunch of nothing . . . When Solomon was done, he saw that he had no profit. And as we pursue the same things, neither do we. This road has been traveled before. When we get to the end, the road just stops, with barely room for the car to turn around” (Joy at the End of the Tether, pp. 30-31).