משלי יז:כד
אֶת פְּנֵי מֵבִין חָכְמָה, וְעֵינֵי כְסִיל בִּקְצֵה אָרֶץ:
Mishlei 17:24 – Happiness in the Here and Now
Wisdom lies before an understanding person, but a fool’s eyes are in the end of the earth.
The meivin and the ksil have fundamentally different values, and this difference of values will result in a different focus of their energies. The ksil is dissatisfied with reality and is therefore unable to be happy in the present; instead, he is driven by a compulsive preoccupation with fantasies of future happiness. The meivin, on the other hand, values chochmah and derives enjoyment from thinking about it; since chochmah is everywhere and since the meivin has the capacity to understand and appreciate that chochmah, then he will always be satisfied. Consequently, the ksil will spend his entire life in pursuit of an ever-receding horizon of fantasy-based satisfaction and will die without ever having lived, whereas the meivin will live a full and enjoyable life in the present, enjoying the chochmah which lies before him at all times.
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