Thoreau rocks. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence. Isn’t that so true? If you ever get the chance to simply go for a walk, watch a sunset, cook an amazing meal that takes all day (or any number of time-consuming and yet simply things) you’d understand exactly what Thoreau is saying. The fact that I was annoyed with my homework doesn’t matter – the fact that I am able to do and understand it is what matters. The fact that we have to rush to our next class doesn’t matter – the fact that we are mobile and willing matters and we should never forget that. Aches and pains don’t faze me – I’m grateful to be alive.
Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure. I thought about that quote for a long time and tried to decipher what I really was able to take from it. Basically, just because you are older doesn’t mean you are wiser and because you have experience doesn’t mean you can feel and appreciate life. Children see the world so much more simply and are able to truly live because they aren’t bogged down by daily burdens and “experience.” If we can lift the bias of life we have that comes with experience from our minds then we, too, can live freely.
God himself culminates in the present moment. Live life in the moment, for it is always the best!
Thoreau really is spreading simple messages: slow down and appreciate the greatest things in life. Free your mind so that you can internalize the appreciation and always live in the moment so life is always at its best. Sounds good to me.
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Word! Your blogs are always so eloquently written. I am jealous.
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