Entitlement — The Root of Evil: Ecclesiastes/Kohelet # 11

What is so terrible about old age? Why does Solomon use age to differentiate between the good and evil inclinations? Youth relates to development, where a person looks to bring forth their potential, to give to the world around them. Old age analogizes the person who sees themselves as fully developed, who now looks to the world to serve them. You are as old or as young as you make yourself to be.