The warm winter sun made me drowsy.
A copy of Walden is enough to fill this lazy time.
Hou Lang Illustrated Collector's Edition, a newly revised translation by the famous translator Sun Zhili, a beautiful woodcut print by Thomas Nathan, a "poet printmaker", and a classic masterpiece by Thoreau, the "father of nature essays".
When I opened this book, I seemed to follow Thoreau to hide among the mountains and rivers, enjoying my own peace and leisure.
Away from the hustle and bustle, living in seclusion is the dream of many people.
However, for various reasons, many people do not have the courage to take action.
Thoreau, on the other hand, bravely followed his heart and chose to retreat to the mountains and forests, living a simple life on the shores of Walden Lake.
In Thoreau's view, man must always return to nature to find meaning in life.
Therefore, he likes to feel the charm of nature and explore the true meaning of life in the wild, in flowers and trees, in birds, beasts, insects and fish.
In March 1845, he went to the shores of Walden Lake, took a borrowed axe, and built his own cabin in the woods.
According to his records, the forest hut cost as little as $28.125 to build.
In a university college, the rent for a student's dormitory is $30 a year.
Even if it's an ordinary house, it costs $800 to buy it.
In Thoreau's view, most people in this world have spent their lives trying to make money to buy a house, and have spent most of their lives trying to make themselves slaves to the house, completely losing the direction and meaning of life, all of which is not worth it.
In this life, if people always desperately chase fame and fortune and run around, they will forget the simplicity and purity of life, and completely lose the pure land of the soul.
Slow down, live a simple life, and find the pure land in our hearts, which is what we should do.
Thoreau was like an ordinary farmer, growing and selling beans on the shores of Walden Lake, providing for himself.
He doesn't feel lonely at all, his mind is washed by nature, and he feels unrestrained joy here.
He got rid of low-level materialistic desires, abandoned man-made troubles, and left only a heart to enjoy life quietly.
Because he knows that the riches of the heart are the greatest wealth.
He believes that the beauty preserved by the eyes is the real treasure.
It's like a poet who has admired the most precious beauty of the farm and leaves, while the farmer thinks he has only taken a few wild apples with him.
As everyone knows, it is the poet who gets the most valuable wealth.
In fact, many times we are stuck in a state of wandering, punching cards and busy in various places.
But all we get is a lot of boredom.
The meaning of life is not to be busy.
Thoreau would spend the whole day sitting by the lake and contemplating, watching the mountains, the waters, the clouds, the trees, the sunset, the twilight, the fog dissipating, the lake quiet, and the birds chirping.
Sunrise and sunset, accompanied by nature.
It's a poetic life, and that's what Thoreau thought was the meaning of life.
He spent two years and two months in seclusion to tell everyone who longs to find the pure land in their hearts how to find inner peace and leisure.
Material abundance is not the whole of life, spiritual abundance is the meaning of life.
Seek inward, find your true self, find a way of life that makes you comfortable, and find your own Walden.