The Value Of Life: Henry David Thoreau

The simplest form in the world is illustrated as black and white, and while I often get caught in the gray my confabulation with Henry David Thoreau that day drowned me in the idea of the value of simplicity and its exceptional greatness. It was a shallow afternoon and the sun was hanging deeply in the sky, and because of my blissful ignorance, I wandered off into a place where peacefulness was a foundation of life. Walden Pond was the name, and a generous breeze devoured my body as night fell. I then, stumbled upon a man with an empowering presence. He introduced himself as Henry David Thoreau, a writer, a philosopher and better known as naturalist. Everything about him was simple; his clothes, living quarters, and mindset. Intriguing me, I listened with open ears and as he preached about the way simplicity can affect humanity. According to Henry, with the great power …show more content…
Guided by his experimental endeavors, while becoming one with nature, Thoreau taught me that transparency in life is driven by two elements; one's physical ability to resist, and one’s mental ability to obtain further. Mr. Thoreau said to me,“Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind,” (Economy). At first, I thought about my everyday life in the sense that I, persay, “could not” live without certain things. For example, my IPhone is a consumer of my mind, eyes, and life. Relationship building becomes weaker and weaker for me, and so is reality with my eyes locked into the screen of society. Many people live their lives