The Rich Fool's Barns
"Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years; take life easy." But that very night, his life was required of him — and whose then would his stored-up things be?
In storing up for tomorrow, have I forgotten that today could be the last?
📝Reflection
This rich man's fault was not wealth itself, but mortgaging his entire life to building ever bigger barns. He planned for next year and the year after, but never factored in tonight. This short story reflects the very truth the sage of Ecclesiastes lamented as "vanity of vanities." Storing up is not wrong in itself. But we must face, at least once while alive, the fact that no barn travels with us past death.
🌱Apply It Today
If tonight were your last, ask which of the things you are storing up today truly mattered.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
