Meaningless? not at all

Had a chit chat with two friends today unexpectedly .. One is an old friend "A" (rarely meet him even though we go to the same church) and the other one "B" is much much senior than me, also church friend ...
 
Well, managed to talk about a couple of things ... I met A on my way to work this morning. Managed to catch up with him a bit .. asked him how he's going and all that ... I am surprise to hear how he's going .. A is currently working hard to support one of his family member to study in aussie .. well, I really admire his maturity, his love and his sacrifice ... I met the other person "B" on my way back home from broadway shopping centre .. "B" is currently working as well .. didn't manage to talk a lot except the general stuffs, like what work I do, where do I live, our church retreat, "B"'s work etc ...
 
From these two people, I sort of see the world of the "grown ups" .. hehehe .. if you'd like to put it that way .. I have to agree to what is written in the book of ecclesiastes,
 
"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."
 
What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
 
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
 
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
 
The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
 
All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
 
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
 
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
 
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
 
There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow. 
  
 
Well it doesn't mean that my friends' lives are meaningless ... hehe .. anyway, the writer of ecclesiastes was talking about life under the sun, life separated from God .. meaningless, pointless, no hope .. :) .. Thank God that I know Jesus ... Really Look forward to fill my life with hopefully what He wants me to do .. and later die and be with Him .. so good so good .. heheh