"My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the ticking of a clock; for I lived like the Puri Indians, of whom it is said that "for yesterday, today, and tomorrow they have only one word, and they express the variety of meaning by pointing backward for yesterday forward for tomorrow, and overhead for the passing day." This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting. A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence." Henry D.Thoreau
Monday, January 14, 2008
PALJON ONNEA!
"My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the ticking of a clock; for I lived like the Puri Indians, of whom it is said that "for yesterday, today, and tomorrow they have only one word, and they express the variety of meaning by pointing backward for yesterday forward for tomorrow, and overhead for the passing day." This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting. A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence." Henry D.Thoreau
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"Mis días no eran días de la semana, que llevaran la estampa de paganas deidades, ni estaban divididos en horas, o agitados por el tictac de un reloj; yo vivía como los indios Puri, de quienes se dice que tenían solamente una palabra para ayer, hoy y mañana, y expresaban el particular significado de ayer señalando hacia atrás, de mañana apuntando hacia adelante y de hoy indicando lo que tenían sobre la cabeza. Esto sería para mis conciudadanos una pereza extraña, no hay duda; pero si las aves y flores me han refinado con su ejemplo, no seré hallado en falta. Un hombre debe encontrar sus ocasiones en sí mismo, es verdad. El día natural es muy tranquilo y difícilmente le reprochará su indolencia." Henry D. Thoreau
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