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Cast Your Bread upon the Waters
Cast your bread upon the waters,
for you will find it after many days.
Cast your bread upon the waters,
for you will find it after many days.
Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,
for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.
Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
If the clouds are full of rain,
they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
He who observes the wind will not sow,
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another — or maybe both.
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Advice for Young and Old
Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning.
Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.