I think what Thoreau is saying that people need to stay
awake and live their lives the way they want to live. The reason I say that is
because when he was talking about men building the railroads, he says “If we do
not get our sleepers, and forge rails, and devote days and nights to the work,
but go to tinkering upon our lives to improve them, who will build railroads?
And if railroads are not built, how shall we get to heaven in season? But if we
stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads?” He says
men are trying to live too fast and they don’t take the time to notice the little
things. If we spend all of our time working, we would die without ever living.
What
Thoreau would say about my life? That’s a tough one because my parents would
say I am awake too much and I need to get some work done more often. Thoreau
might say that I don’t work, but I’m still not living. I don’t have a lot of
friends down here in southern Utah because we just moved here, and I don’t make
an effort to make new friends because it’s easier for me to be alone than to go
and talk to new people. So he would think I am still just going through the
motions and I need to get out there and really live my life to the fullest.
He would
agree with how I am balancing my work with my play because I’m not afraid to
take a break from the real world and have fun. He would disagree with my lack
of social skills and maybe tell me to not be afraid to be myself and people may
like or not but it was worth a try. And get out there and try, try again!
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