As Solomon looked back on his life, he realized that he had emphasized his own achievements too much. Many people today would love to have just a fraction of the wealth that Solomon possessed. Men and women on television game shows scream and act silly over their efforts to win money or big prizes. Contentment will escape the person who is always desiring more than what he has in his hands. Solomon also knew that contentment would escape the person who looks only at what he has in his hands if his heart is empty.
Many individuals spend all their energies climbing the ladder of success.
Fame, prestige and power are short-lived and fail to fulfill the heart's desires. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God. As such, it is a clear reference early in the book of Ecclesiastes to our need of God if we are to find fulfillment in life. To try to find fulfillment without God is like trying to play tennis without a racket, or like trying to play golf without any clubs. Thinking It Over.