Fr. Mike Schmitz

We can then live with purpose. But if I'm just focusing on the beginning, if I'm just focusing on the start without focusing on the ending, then I will probably live incredibly foolishly. I will live a life of folly as we're going to see that so many people in the scripture and in our lives, what do they do? What do we do? We have good beginnings. We don't always have great endings.

We can then live with purpose. But if I'm just focusing on the beginning, if I'm just focusing on the start without focusing on the ending, then I will probably live incredibly foolishly. I will live a life of folly as we're going to see that so many people in the scripture and in our lives, what do they do? What do we do? We have good beginnings. We don't always have great endings.

And so the wise one is saying, yeah, the day of death is better than the day of your birth. It puts things in perspective. Was it Stephen Covey who had said, begin with the end in mind.

And so the wise one is saying, yeah, the day of death is better than the day of your birth. It puts things in perspective. Was it Stephen Covey who had said, begin with the end in mind.

And so the wise one is saying, yeah, the day of death is better than the day of your birth. It puts things in perspective. Was it Stephen Covey who had said, begin with the end in mind.

as a way to live wisely because i know what's coming or i have an idea of what i where i want to end up therefore i'm going to live in a way that's intentional trying to get towards that place part of the wisdom of ecclesiastes but another thing it begins with chapter six calls it's where he says it's the frustration of desires and says there's an evil under the sun

as a way to live wisely because i know what's coming or i have an idea of what i where i want to end up therefore i'm going to live in a way that's intentional trying to get towards that place part of the wisdom of ecclesiastes but another thing it begins with chapter six calls it's where he says it's the frustration of desires and says there's an evil under the sun

as a way to live wisely because i know what's coming or i have an idea of what i where i want to end up therefore i'm going to live in a way that's intentional trying to get towards that place part of the wisdom of ecclesiastes but another thing it begins with chapter six calls it's where he says it's the frustration of desires and says there's an evil under the sun

It lies heavy upon men that here's a person to whom God gives wealth and possessions and honor. He lacks nothing they desire, but he doesn't have the power to enjoy them. But a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity. Now, there's a possibility that this can be, yeah, they've been given all these gifts and all this work.

It lies heavy upon men that here's a person to whom God gives wealth and possessions and honor. He lacks nothing they desire, but he doesn't have the power to enjoy them. But a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity. Now, there's a possibility that this can be, yeah, they've been given all these gifts and all this work.

It lies heavy upon men that here's a person to whom God gives wealth and possessions and honor. He lacks nothing they desire, but he doesn't have the power to enjoy them. But a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity. Now, there's a possibility that this can be, yeah, they've been given all these gifts and all this work.

They've been blessed in so many ways, but someone else enjoys the fruits of their labor. That being a vanity, a meaninglessness, a vapor. But there's also a thing called anhedonia. If you know what anhedonia is, it is an inability or unwillingness to enjoy oneself. You know, hedonism is, you know, taking pleasure, right? It's a kind of a idea, a mindset that's oriented towards pleasure.

They've been blessed in so many ways, but someone else enjoys the fruits of their labor. That being a vanity, a meaninglessness, a vapor. But there's also a thing called anhedonia. If you know what anhedonia is, it is an inability or unwillingness to enjoy oneself. You know, hedonism is, you know, taking pleasure, right? It's a kind of a idea, a mindset that's oriented towards pleasure.

They've been blessed in so many ways, but someone else enjoys the fruits of their labor. That being a vanity, a meaninglessness, a vapor. But there's also a thing called anhedonia. If you know what anhedonia is, it is an inability or unwillingness to enjoy oneself. You know, hedonism is, you know, taking pleasure, right? It's a kind of a idea, a mindset that's oriented towards pleasure.

Anhedonia is, you know, if you're anhedonic, the opposite of hedonism. It's an inability or unwillingness to enjoy oneself. to have gifts, to be surrounded by gifts, to be surrounded by life, to be surrounded by, as it says in scripture here, possessions and wealth and honor, but not have the ability to enjoy it. Not letting oneself say, oh my gosh, I can actually take joy. I can laugh.

Anhedonia is, you know, if you're anhedonic, the opposite of hedonism. It's an inability or unwillingness to enjoy oneself. to have gifts, to be surrounded by gifts, to be surrounded by life, to be surrounded by, as it says in scripture here, possessions and wealth and honor, but not have the ability to enjoy it. Not letting oneself say, oh my gosh, I can actually take joy. I can laugh.

Anhedonia is, you know, if you're anhedonic, the opposite of hedonism. It's an inability or unwillingness to enjoy oneself. to have gifts, to be surrounded by gifts, to be surrounded by life, to be surrounded by, as it says in scripture here, possessions and wealth and honor, but not have the ability to enjoy it. Not letting oneself say, oh my gosh, I can actually take joy. I can laugh.

I can rejoice in what I have. That's a burden. That is a burden to be anhedonic. And so we have to, I think so many of us, we can be like this. We can fall into that trap where it's just like, nope, I got to get back to toil. I got to get back to work.

I can rejoice in what I have. That's a burden. That is a burden to be anhedonic. And so we have to, I think so many of us, we can be like this. We can fall into that trap where it's just like, nope, I got to get back to toil. I got to get back to work.

I can rejoice in what I have. That's a burden. That is a burden to be anhedonic. And so we have to, I think so many of us, we can be like this. We can fall into that trap where it's just like, nope, I got to get back to toil. I got to get back to work.