Why do we spend so much time and effort learning and earning?

If nothing on this earth matters as much as living for God and for Him alone, why do we go to school and learn there, to go on to university to learn there, and then go on to get a high-paying job to earn there, while we fail to ask just ONE member of the public where they are going when they pass on, for fear of being labelled eccentric?

Why have we been given so much but are so unwilling to return the favour as best we can?

Pride