Chasing the Wind

The guy who built this mansion must have been a real bigshot. No one builds a 17,000 square foot home just to put a roof over their head.

I read today that the new owner - Steve Jobs - wants to tear down the huge building to make room for a newer house. However there is opposition from Historical groups who want the house to be preserved. After all that the house meant to its original owner, it is now the source of a court battle to tear it down.

I am certainly tempted from time to time to dream about bigger houses and nice cars, but I am also reminded how temporary and meaningless these things really are. Fame and fortune are both elusive and fleeting.

Fortune: "Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand."

Fame: "There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow."