Ecclesiastes: Meaningful Life

Oddly, as it's quite negative, I find this book encouraging. It emphasizes that everything under the sun that we go to for satisfaction--knowledge, wealth, lust/love, accomplishments--is meaningless; none of it will satisfy. Only fearing God, living for Him, recognizing the gifts God has given us, only such an outlook is worthwhile. We grow old and feeble and hopefully we'll have more to show for ourselves than merely a totally wasted youth.
I'm comforted by this book because I've definitely discovered the lack of satisfaction in all earth has to offer, even as a Christian. Even innocent pleasures are fleeting. But with an eternal perspective, life has much more depth, joy is possible and disillusionment can be taken as a sign that we're meant for more. Eternal life. Eternal Love.