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Solitude—-a voyage with myself
(Time completely belongs to ourselves is rare, but in this special period, I unexpectedly get the chance to spend some time with myself. ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden)
Like Thoreau wrote in his book Walden “I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself. During the coronavirus spreading period, I have to stay at home and keep a secure distance with others—no union with friends, no outdoor activities and no special arrangement. Life seems limited and boring. However, I really treasure this period because, for me, I unexpectedly get the chance to spend some time with myself. It is both an interior self explore and an external world explore.
By meditation, I get a more in-depth insight into my thoughts about future, nature, and health. I am seriously thinking about my future. Thinking about questions like what I truly want, what potential challenges I may confront, and how I could grow to the one I want to be. There is a sentence in Anne’s Diary, “I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.” That’s how I feel about nature now. I am so crazy about every green leaf, every flower, every gentle breeze, and every beam of sunlight. It may be hard to feel about that kind of craziness in ordinary but at this particular period. The news reporting new deaths comes every day, which always makes me sad and makes me realize, life itself is a gift, and we cannot always take it for granted. We need to try our best to dance every day, to enjoy every moment in our lives.
My ability to perceive the outside world also gets strengthened. It is amazing that I always find something new from even the most ordinary life routine. New changes outside the window, new feelings after reading a familiar book, new space and corners of my house, new breakfast, and new taste of sweets made by myself. Everytime I find something new, I gain new from the ordinary daily life and gain new knowledge about the external world. Days are different. Everything changes from time to time. So, every day when we get up, we must be ready to face and experience a day with uncertainties and possibilities.
The outside world is changing every second. Though we can not make any change to the external world, we can at least decide our inner world. We must lead a life with consciousness, live with a rich and strong heart that can resist the external changes and continuously pursue the value of ourselves.
(“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us even in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavour. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.”― Henry David Thoreau, Walden)
Reference:
Anne Frank. (1942). The Diary of a Young Girl
Henry David Thoreau. (1854). Walden
Name : Gao Ningling
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