Chapter 4 verse 3 and happier than both is…

Chapter 4 verse 3 and happier than both is he who has never been who has never seen the evil things committed under the sun. What he's saying is that the dead are more fortunate than the living because in the kingdom of the dead is where there might be found some equality but in the kingdom of the living there really is no equality

— from The Landing (Death) · Ecclesiastes by King Solomon

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Even if it should turn out that there is nothing at all past the grave, accepting the inevitability of the ending is exactly what frees you to enjoy the gift of the days you do have — because fretting over the end only erodes whatever number of days you were given. The human lifespan is, I will grant you, absurdly, almost insultingly short; one whole book of our scriptures even dares to say that the dead are more fortunate than the living, and the unborn more fortunate still, for not having seen the troubles done under the sun. But brevity has never once been a true reason for despair. — The Landing (Death)

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