A Concerned Friend Sent Me This Recent Video By His "Punk Rock Shaman" and I reflect On Its Themes As they Relate to my Own struggles.
Happy birthday!
btw, the new Koren translation of the Bible has "vanity" translated as "empty breath" or something similar (Still waiting to buy).
Here is another:
Only vanishing mist, vapor, says Kohelet, evanescence and mere appearance, everything is a vanishing mist.
https://www.sefaria.org.il/Ecclesiastes.1.2?ven=Kohelet_by_Bruce_Heitler&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en#:~:text=Only%20vanishing%20mist%2C%20vapor%2C%20says%20Kohelet%2C%20evanescence%20and%20mere%20appearance%2C%20everything%20is%20a%20vanishing%20mist.
This is a description of the nature of things, less a moral reprimand. It changes our perception of what follows.
Happy birthday!
btw, the new Koren translation of the Bible has "vanity" translated as "empty breath" or something similar (Still waiting to buy).
Here is another:
Only vanishing mist, vapor, says Kohelet, evanescence and mere appearance, everything is a vanishing mist.
https://www.sefaria.org.il/Ecclesiastes.1.2?ven=Kohelet_by_Bruce_Heitler&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en#:~:text=Only%20vanishing%20mist%2C%20vapor%2C%20says%20Kohelet%2C%20evanescence%20and%20mere%20appearance%2C%20everything%20is%20a%20vanishing%20mist.
This is a description of the nature of things, less a moral reprimand. It changes our perception of what follows.