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There was someone else who described what you're talking about. A few quotes:
"I gave myself everything my eyes wanted. There wasn't any pleasure I refused to give myself. I took delight in everything I did. And that was what I got for all my work. But then I looked over everything my hands had done. I saw what I had worked so hard to get. And nothing had any meaning. It was like chasing wind."
"So I hated life. That's because the work that is done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It's like chasing the wind. I hated everything I had worked for. I'll have to leave all of it to someone who lives after me."
This was from a man who had riches, women, wisdom, achievements, and yet he realized something was missing too, and some of you may have recognized this as being from Solomon's book of Ecclesiastes. His conclusion: we will die and everything we do on earth will be pointless, but God, and other people, are what's important because that's what will outlast our time on earth.
I realize this isn't a popular view in the world today but it's sure the truth.
About 10 years ago I had everything going for me but I was thinking about suicide because I realized the pointlessness, that nothing I had accomplished could fill the void, none of it mattered. Ecclesiastes came to mean a lot to me, because it reminded me that some things will outlast our life on this earth.
Something to think about...I hope I didn't ramble too long!
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