Nothing to look back to.

Ecclesiastes 1:2-8
2 "Everything is meaningless," says the Teacher, "utterly meaningless!"
3 What do people get for all their hard work?
4 Generations come and go, but nothing really changes.
5 The sun rises and sets and hurries around to rise again.
6 The wind blows south & north, here & there, twisting back & forth, getting nowhere.
7 The river runs into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows again to the sea.
8 Everything is so weary and tiresome! No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

Yes, the above passage comes from the Bible, reputable of giving hope. Why the absence of hope and love and gratitude, and all that's expected from no other books but the Bible? Yah... This is the stretched coverage and exploratory area Bible provides! Long time ago, even before humans are diagnosed with depression or any other reduction of physiological illnesses, the Bible foresees we are going to get tired over what this world really can produce.

You say economic development is an improvement and are proud of the technology advancement. No doubt these improvements made life easier and the fact that I'm tapping upon one of these technologies to convey you this message, but IS THE WORLD REALLY IMPROVING?

Globalisation strengthen growing countries, but at the same time further crippled weaker countries. What true benefit does it bring us as a whole? Generation of wealth, so that everyone has more to use? But robbery cases increase. More comfortable life, so that robbery crime rate reduces? But only your maid at home has the time to enjoy all the luxuries. Come to think of it, how did more money help us live a richer life afterall?

We say we want to slow down global warming(who really dares to say STOP?). USA isn't joining the champaign, she's busy earning $$$. Who cares about global warming actually? Maybe from the bottom of your heart, you think you'll do all that you can to decelerate it, but how much difference can these small number of youS make? We're just some nuts donating and supporting green champaigns with one hand and speeding up the deterioration of the Earth with another. Is the world indeed progressing to a better state?

Let's be honest. We can't really make up our minds as to what we really want. We're pretty much lost. Aren't we? But someday, we are to answer to the real Owner of this planet on how we've managed it. Will we, THEN, be anymore proud of our brillant ideas to clone, to invent, to improvise, to produce...? Or that we'll all bow humbly before in apologetic manner before the Creator who didn't meant world to handled this way? Now you see why hospitals have insufficient beds for people and medical students have the most expensive bonds($800,000) in the nation. And that people can die giving up being doctors...

Do we STILL dare blame it on Him?

That He didn't stop sufferings?