Repetitiveness

[claude]

It appears to be a condition of human nature, a symptom of our tur tendency toward living in the "short attention span theater", Solomon was aware of it:-

(Ecclesiastes 1:1-11) "The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. {2} Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. {3} What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? {4} One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. {5} The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. {6} The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. {7} All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. {8} All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. {9} The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. {10} Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. {11} There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after."

Just for a little spice, when one points up technology and says, this is new, consider the immensity of creation, and how much of it we are unaware of, because we are limited.

[Preacher Jim]

And he was right there is nothing new, just broadcasted better.

[Blackwater]

Outstanding point, Claude! We know so much, and yet, so very little. We have "miracles" of modern science and medicine, and yet, people still die regularly because there's nothing we can do, and no way often, to even anticipate a need. The "smarter" we get, the dumber we often act. And the more we take for granted.

This passage can illuminate many things in this life, and about life in general, and the Author of it all. Truly, though, we'll always "see through the glass darkly." Our attention span is short, so we miss an awful lot, but in the end, we're limited, at best, and the more we learn, the more we ought to realize that. Life is humbling, is it not?