The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with all its might and main, what it is, and makes one and the same impression and effect at all times.
The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with all its might and main, what it is, and makes one and the same impression and effect at all times.
How different is this from what the media tells us we should be. The media tell us that we should find happiness in things, in the purchase and possession of things. If we follow this advice, all life becomes show and shallow. We lose the force of ourselves, that force that can make us like a flower, a brook, a tree.
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