Lie: No matter what I do, nothing changes.
Truth: Actions (and in-actions) have consequences, but eventually everything changes.
In one sense of course, Solomon was right — there is nothing new under the sun. The generations, the cycles of the sun, the winds, the waters, they all continue their cyclical courses; but in another sense, everything is constantly being renewed. Yes, each generation has its births and deaths, its marriages and children, its coming and going. Yet each generation, each person is uniquely and constantly changing – one of life’s most perplexing ironies. But we feel Solomon’s weariness . . .
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