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The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or the favor to the learned; but time and chance happens to them all.
Originally posted by BABYBULL24
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or the favor to the learned; but time and chance happens to them all.
edit on 6-4-2013 by BABYBULL24 because: (no reason given)
Enantiodromia (Greek: ἐνάντιος, enantios, opposite + δρόμος, dromos, running course) is a principle introduced by psychiatrist Carl Jung that the superabundance of any force inevitably produces its opposite. It is similar to the principle of equilibrium in the natural world, in that any extreme is opposed by the system in order to restore balance. However, in Jungian terms, a thing psychically transmogrifies into its Shadow opposite, in the repression of psychic forces that are thereby cathected into something powerful and threatening. This can be anticipated as well in the principles of traditional Chinese religion - as in Taoism and yin-yang.
Originally posted by BABYBULL24
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or the favor to the learned; but time and chance happens to them all.
Just love this passage - it gives me inspiration for some reason and I am a layman not very religious at all.
But what does it mean?
To me it means God gives everybody a shot and what you do with it is up to you.
Would like to hear what people think about it.
edit on 6-4-2013 by BABYBULL24 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by BABYBULL24
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or the favor to the learned; but time and chance happens to them all.
I saw something else under the sun. The race isn't [won] by fast runners, or the battle by heroes. Wise people don't necessarily have food. Intelligent people don't necessarily have riches, and skilled people don't necessarily receive special treatment.
But time and unpredictable events overtake all of them.
Lots of negativity in Ecclesiastes toward ambitions, like being strong or fast or wise or learned, since it is like "why bother" when you live and die, so why not just enjoy things while it lasts.
Would like to hear what people think about it.