NINA FARINA

"A chasing after the wind..."

Within the last week my uncle has passed away and I have also found out that a very good friend is dying (the doctors are giving him till Saturday). This entire semester has been so hard and yet, for the most part, I have remained happy. I think I just appareciate the fact that life is so short and so random. The only thing we can do is love and let those we love know we love them. Often.

Following is one of my favorite Biblical passages. Enjoy.

Ecclesiastes 9; A Common Destiny for All

¹ So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no man knows whether love or hate awaits him. ² All share a common destiny-the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, ^[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not....

⁵ For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even the memory of them is forgotten.
⁶ Their love, their hate
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.

⁷ Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do. ⁸ Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. ⁹ Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun- all your meaningless days.