Ecclesiastes 6:3-9

³A man could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.

⁴The way a stillborn child comes into the world and then leaves is painfully hard to understand—arriving and departing in darkness—and who he would have been is never known.

⁵He never saw the light of day or knew what it was like to live. Yet the child finds rest, and not this man.

⁶Even if this man were to live a thousand years twice over he still wouldn't be happy. Don't we all end up in the same place—the grave?

⁷Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.

⁸So then, what real advantage do wise people have over those who are fools? And do poor people really gain anything in knowing how to behave in front of others?

⁹Be happy with what you have instead of running after what you don't! But this is also hard to do, like running after the wind.