"This I Saw..."

A thought heading into the weekend...

I saw that the meaning of life was to make a living,

its goal to become a councilor,

that the rich delight of love was to acquire a well-to-do girl,

that the blessedness of friendship was to help each other in financial difficulties,

that wisdom was whatever the majority assumed it to be,

that enthusiasm was to give a speech,

that courage was to risk being fined ten dollars,

that cordiality was to say "May it do you good" after a meal,

that piety was to go to communion once a year.



This I saw,



and I laughed.

--Søren Kierkegaard