Strange joy

There is a kind of conventional wisdom we all learn in our world. Conventional wisdom is good and helpful and helps guide us through normal life. Conventional wisdom says; if you work hard, act with kindness, and show up on time you’ll do well at work. Conventional wisdom says, if you save money, invest wisely, and cut spending you’ll retire strong. Conventional wisdom says, a+b=c.

But sometimes conventional wisdom doesn’t work. Sometimes life goes so awry that we are disabused of any notion of control. Sometimes life brings a pandemic, job loss, business closure, months of quarantining, and loss all of which was beyond our control or conventional wisdom. And in moments like that, like this, we need an “unconventional wisdom” which is exactly what we find in the book of Ecclesiastes.