Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.
Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky,
whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter
of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not
as wise as the day I was born.
I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.
Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky,
whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter
of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not
as wise as the day I was born.
~ Henry David Thoreau
from Walden: Where I lived and What I lived for
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1 comments:
So true ... thank you.
Bless, Mai.
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