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The Preacher shows us what true vanity is - it is choosing to continue talking when God has called us to listen and obey...to fear Him.

Unmet expectations lead us to becoming a lonely oppressor with no one to comfort us.

For everything there is a season - but we are not meant to figure out how the seasons work.

Solomon looks death in the eyes and concludes that life is a gift meant to be enjoyed.

What Solomon has laid out here are the ways we as humans distract ourselves from ultimate reality.
These are the things we chase to detach from our human circumstances...things we think will save us, even momentarily from having to feel what it feels like to be human. They are what we run to to insulate us. Ultimately, Solomon ends up at a similar understanding - it is all smoke, like chasing the wind.

As the Preacher begins his testimony of his pursuit of purpose, he lets us in on a fundamental truth he learned that carries forward through the rest of the book - knowledge and wisdom are good but not ultimate and will never satisfy our souls.