This book in the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) that is called "Ecclesiastes" is a book that acknowledges that when you step back from life and reflect on it - well, it just doesn't make sense. The good don't necessarily get blessed, and the evil don't necessarily get cursed.
The only sense that Ecclesiastes finds in life is in the day to day living of it: "to eat, drink and find enjoyment in your toil."
To do a good day's work, to do a good job, to be able to say at the end of a project: "that was a job well done." To have given yourself to the task at hand and complete it. That is a good day. How it affects the rest of the world, you can't necessarily control. Nor can you control whether the man or woman who builds on what you have done does a good job and messes everything up.
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