Where I Lived For By Henry David Thoreau

A life with daily hardships blinds people to living something that is not in the present. That is why the author Henry David Thoreau, in his well-known "experiment" while living in Walden, focuses mainly on showing his readers that they should take advantage of the life that is granted to them for the simple fact that "life is short and, life is miraculous" (Thoreau 882). Thoreau moved in to live in the woods because he values the connection between humankind and nature by taking advantage of what it offers. He demonstrates what someone needs to live a happy and peaceful life, unlike those living in civilization, wondering what tomorrow awaits and simultaneously disregarding what the present is offering. In "Where I Lived and What I Lived For,"

He wants to live in the woods to experience an unteachable lifestyle. After all, the day he dies, he "discovers that he had not lived" (Thoreau 946). Therefore, his wish was granted as his desire to "suck out all marrow of life" was to stay in the wood and value circ the circumstances that no one else but him and his connection with nature would allow him to experience and be able to publish his works to the world because he witnessed it himself. In his writing, he suggests that people should stay within their needs. "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity" (Thoreau 946). This text provides excellent examples of why he values a simple life. After all, he appreciates the things given to him at that moment because he does not "wish to be busier with his hands than is necessary" (Thoreau

Thoreau eagerly waits for this season to come to Walden as this was one of the "attractions in coming to the woods to live as that he should have leisure and opportunity to see the spring come" (Thoreau 952). In Spring, Thoreau realizes that all the other ponds are defrosting; however, not the pond in Walden. He waits for the pond to defrost to see all the diverse animal species that come there. For him, it could be easy to get mad at mother nature because the pond in Walden is taking longer to defrost. Instead, he appreciates every moment since "nature has some bowels, and there again is the mother of humanity" (Thoreau 956). Although his love for nature is present before he comes to the woods while experiencing different climate changes, he learns how mother nature decides when the ice will defrost, yet he remains patient. Instead of complaining about the bad things that happen to people, Thoreau uniquely values life in that he believes that people should feel "blessed if we lived in the present always and took advantage of every accident that befell us" (Thoreau 959). For some, simple life could be living in poor conditions. However, for Thoreau, it