And I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a B-grade movie
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
I spent four years* prostrate to the higher mind
Got my paper and I was free<\/p>\n
—“Closer to Fine”, Indigo Girls<\/em><\/p>\n *personal note: twelve years<\/em><\/p>\n 17\u00a0<\/sup>Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,\u00a0and also of madness and folly,\u00a0but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.<\/span><\/p>\n 18\u00a0<\/sup>For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;<\/span> –Ecclesiastes 1:17-28<\/p>\n 18\u00a0<\/sup>This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink\u00a0and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor\u00a0under the sun during the few days of life God has given them\u2014for this is their lot.<\/span>\u00a019\u00a0<\/sup>Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions,\u00a0and the ability to enjoy them,\u00a0to accept their lot\u00a0and be happy in their toil\u2014this is a gift of God.<\/span>\u00a020\u00a0<\/sup>They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.<\/span><\/p>\n –Ecclesiastes 5:18-20<\/p>\n 13\u00a0<\/sup>Consider what God has done:<\/span><\/p>\n Who can straighten<\/span> 15\u00a0<\/sup>In this meaningless life\u00a0of mine I have seen both of these:<\/span><\/p>\n the righteous perishing in their righteousness,<\/span> –Ecclesiastes 7:13-18<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And I went to see the doctor of philosophyWith a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his kneeHe never did marry or see a B-grade movieHe graded my performance, he said he could see…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","comments-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11833"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11844,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833\/revisions\/11844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the more knowledge, the more grief.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>what he has made crooked?<\/span><\/span>
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>When times are good, be happy;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>but when times are bad, consider this:<\/span><\/span>
\nGod has made the one<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>as well as the other.<\/span><\/span>
\nTherefore, no one can discover<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>anything about their future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and the wicked living long in their wickedness.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>(my emphasis)<\/span><\/span>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>Do not be overrighteous,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>neither be overwise\u2014<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>why destroy yourself?<\/span><\/span>
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>Do not be overwicked,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and do not be a fool\u2014<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>why die before your time?<\/span><\/span>
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>It is good to grasp the one<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and not let go of the other.<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n