“What then will a man gain if he wins the whole world and ruins his life?” (Matthew 16:26).
“What does it profit a man” — this frantic pursuit of what we have been conditioned to call “happiness?” A play was written in which a man dies and passes into the next world. When he opens his eyes, he sees laid out before him more beauty and luxury than he ever dreamed possible, more than he ever dared hope for. He finds himself in a state of being in which every wish is granted, instantly. At the slightest whim, an attendant appears to see that it is immediately fulfilled. After a time, the man grows restless, bored. “If only, just once, there would be a refusal.” Finally, the monotony becomes unbearable, and he summons the attendant saying, “I want something that I can’t have unless I earn it.” “Sorry,” the attendant replies, “that’s the one wish we cannot grant here.” “Very well,” the man says, “then…
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