Just as I have an interest in descriptions of heaven, I am interested in descriptions of extreme happiness. Having no worries, having deep and preferably continuous pleasure in one form or another, these specifications usually figure in descriptions or wishes or plans or hopes. I guess it was during the days of the tv show Downton Abbey that I realized that many of the characters seemed to think being the laird, the lord, the owner would be wonderful. It might have been. I have never been the local lord, the head of the corporation, the boss.
Since most of us have never been the big boss, the billionaire, the star of stars, we don't have real experience with such positions. Beyond the fact of not knowing, there are the biological and mental limitations that impinge on our consideration of the wonderful life. Take thinking. We imagine the good and easy parts of being the boss. The underlings can't quite decide what would be a good crop or a good tractor or the best welding machine but the hero of a boss applies his giant brain to the question and Voila! Difficult problem solved! Thanks, Boss.
But the workers that have been around for a long time can tell of times when too many difficulties popped up and the boss's grand idea turned out to be quite impossible. Plus, remember those times when his idea was carried out just as dictated and we all came to wish he had never had the hunch he played, including him.
Many processes in our head, our vision, our sensitivity, our thinking are intermittent. Remember that time when you were watching that simply gorgeous girl and walked into a tree while gawking? Or that other time, when you saw that kid at another table in the restaurant whose behavior was beyond reprehensible?
Maybe you have heard of or seen Apollo Robbins in one of his shows and demos. http://www.apollorobbins.com/ He is the sleight of hand artist who goes through a crowd greeting people. After some of that, he stands on the stage and asks, "Whose wallet is this?" He has been picking the pockets of people, an activity at which he is a complete expert.
Just as Ecclesiastes says, we are all always subject to time and chance, despite being basically alert and smart and tough and engaged.
