ENJOY WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU!

Kohelet approaches the character נהנה in פרק ב and says that it is good for man to rejoice in his work, eat, and drink because all of that was given to us by god and that is what he wants from us. That sounds very logical. I think it is great to be happy and enjoy your life, but to an extent. Then, in פרק ג he begins to say there is a time for everything that is predetermined by God. He saying that we can't decide when we will die, so we have to enjoy everything that god has given us before god decides it is our time to die.

It seems like Kohelet has got it right! There is no point to life if we just sit here miserable. We need to enjoy what god has given us. We have a beautiful world in front of us that we can explore, so why waste time watching everything beautiful in life surround us without experiencing it?

Although I agree with Kohelet, I don't think we should lead hedonistic lifestyles. All hedonism will do is lead us to sin! Our life should not revolve around partying and nothing else. We need to get up and do something with what god has given us. Kohelet even said that the sinner accumulates wealth. Instead of just being a lazy bum with all the tools in life to achieve happiness, we should make something of it. We can party and have a good time, but we should not go to the extreme.