Ecclesiastes is often considered a cynical book full of 'everything's empty' or 'pointless', or 'chasing the wind'. But after a whole lifetime of study, THIS is the conclusion he came to. Fear God and keep His commandments for this is the WHOLE duty of every son of Adam! This is what is solid, real and profitable and can be kept with you in the grave. Did we live by eating of the tree of life or by our own knowledge of good and evil?