If it's possible for a book to know you--to see inside your heart and speak to your fears and doubts--Ecclesiastes is that book.

If you've ever been frustrated--with anything, ever--Solomon has something to say about it.  He may not always tell you what you want to hear, but that's when you know he's telling you what you need to hear.

And what we need to hear is a message so honest--so realistic and so liberating--that it changes the way we interpret the world and our role in it.

In the first chapter, Solomon addresses how meaningless life can feel.  Our days on earth often seem pointless, monotonous, and repetitive.

Many of us believe in life after death.  What Solomon wants to know is: is there life before death?  Is it possible to escape the treadmill of work and worry and regret?