The Teacher watches a man with no family working himself to death and asks the question workaholism never pauses to ask: for whom am I toiling? Then he writes the antidote: two are better than one, and a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Today is about the people in your rope. Read it grateful, and maybe read it convicted.

The man in chapter 4 had success and no one to share it with, and the Teacher calls his life a miserable business. Meanwhile two friends helping each other up hold more wealth than his whole estate. Ecclesiastes is ruthless math, and the math favors the rope.

Paul guards the same treasure from the other side: who you bind yourself to matters, because yokes set direction. So take inventory tonight. Who lifts you when you fall? Who do you keep warm? If the strands have frayed from neglect, this is your maintenance notice.