Perspectives of Struggle

everyone and everything was there when i went to bed last night * my wife * my children * my

financial stability * my perfect and beautiful home* an extremely successful career * but overnight i had a nightmare * i dreamed it all went away * destroyed * taken * washed down the drain * it was the scariest thing i could ever imagine * i was in shock * i was angry * i cried * and then i woke up * and everything i dreamed was real *

jake and sam traveled with their parents to the third world country on vacation * they had not always been able to travel with a family * at one time they had no family * at one time their lived a third world life just like the one they would soon experience * before the trip they struggled with how hard the past was * living in dumpsters * parents on drugs * evading law enforcement * but something would soon resonate deep * they had it bad * but how much worse might someone else have it *  

the jones family thought they had it good * they had everything anyone would want * they had built up their fortune as a family * they had power and prestige in the community * they had a great reputation in business * then one day they opened their lives up to a stranger * they wanted to be hospitable, kind, and charitable * what they did not know is that the stranger had other motives * the stranger stole from them and then tried to ruin their family and reputation * their dreams were destroyed * their lives would never be the same * their trust gone * 

 

words from a wise man who had it all questions * what do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun * all things are wearisome more than one can say * all things are meaningless * a chasing after the wind * whoever obeys his [Creator's] command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure *