Book review

Closing Walden Once more, it seemed as if the cool water had flowed into my heart, clear to the bottom, and purged all my thoughts like autumn water, free from dust. Walden is the representative work of the famous American writer Henry David Thoreau. It was written in the 19th century when the American economy was developing rapidly. Greedy human beings occupy the limited natural resources crazily. People in the whirlpool of desire are hard to get rid of. Desire creates and destroys everything. Under such circumstances, Thoreau, deeply influenced by Emerson's naturalism, only wanted to get close to nature and return to his heart. Thoreau, short but solid, with pale skin, sharp features and a somewhat serious look, was considered by his contemporaries to be an eccentric monopod who really escaped the hustle and hustle of the city and moved to the seclusion of Lake Walden. He cultivated and ate his own food, and truly lived a life of extreme simplicity and closeness to nature. Thoreau's account of his little life in this book seems to be a non-human firework, but it is full of fireworks. He slowed himself down and had a good time. On the other hand, look at our days: we go out early and come back late. We are busy making a living. We have a little spare time to go to bars, play mobile phones and party. All desires, whether gluttony, lust, or the pursuit of wealth, are the same thing, an insatiable appetite. When one is busy with worldly affairs, one forgets to elevate one's mind, or does not care about it at all. The industrial revolution, the commodity revolution, has pushed civilization up to a new level, but it has neglected one thing, that is, how should man and nature get close to each other? How can the "spirit" accelerate its pace to catch up with material progress? This is a big proposition, and one that is relevant to everyone. If you have time, you might as well read "Walden" this quiet book, into the nature of birds, beasts, plants and trees, so as to achieve a simple, independent, generous and full of trust in the life of a higher realm of life. I was also deeply impressed by many of the words in Walden, each of which caused me to reflect deeply. "To know what one knows and to know what one does not know is true knowledge." Yes, only when you understand, know yourself, to achieve this state. But most people tend to know what they know and ignore what they don't know, which is kind of sad. "The so-called resignation is a kind of confirmed despair." In modern life, many people believe in the term "koi". The so-called "koi" is a disguised form of resignation. It is a passive means of longing for one's own goals without any effort and relying only on imagination or even fantasy. Only to look at the stars, but not down-to-earth, you will never get out of this despair! Therefore, to change your fate is not to wait foolishly. Only by working hard, only by changing, can your life be firmly grasped and controlled by yourself.