Reading Henry David Thoreau’s “Life Without Principle,” I was reminded of the author’s emphasis on observing sunrise and sunset, as well as other powerful elements of nature, in a way that places a proper perspective while mourning the loss of others’ lives or when engaged in personal spiritual introspection. Despite the varieties of disservice experienced, he suggests focusing upon elevating nature’s relationship with us to better ourselves. This contemporary commonplace world all too often appears to overwhelm everyone with its pervasive dispiriting news. Thoreau wrote the following: “Really to see the sun rise or go down every day, so to relate ourselves to a universal fact, would preserve us sane forever.” By the end of the essay, Thoreau requested that everyone “congratulate each other on the ever-glorious morning.” He concluded, “I do not make an exorbitant demand, surely.”
Glorious Mornings
Glorious Mornings
Glorious Mornings
Reading Henry David Thoreau’s “Life Without Principle,” I was reminded of the author’s emphasis on observing sunrise and sunset, as well as other powerful elements of nature, in a way that places a proper perspective while mourning the loss of others’ lives or when engaged in personal spiritual introspection. Despite the varieties of disservice experienced, he suggests focusing upon elevating nature’s relationship with us to better ourselves. This contemporary commonplace world all too often appears to overwhelm everyone with its pervasive dispiriting news. Thoreau wrote the following: “Really to see the sun rise or go down every day, so to relate ourselves to a universal fact, would preserve us sane forever.” By the end of the essay, Thoreau requested that everyone “congratulate each other on the ever-glorious morning.” He concluded, “I do not make an exorbitant demand, surely.”