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&ofLivingSimply
理查德·沃克尔默Riir
WepaddleddownMaine’sSacoRiverthatSeptemberafternoon,fiveoes,baskinginthesummer’slastgoldensunlight.Grazierietails,watchedourflotillapass.Thatevets,broiledsteaksandsprawledaroundthecampfire,starihestars.Orumminghisguitar,sangan:“Tisthegifttobesimple.Tisthegifttobefree.”
Ouridyllended,ofdwedrovebacktotheworldofloas,jobsandcloggedwashihegifttobesimple,”
Ifoundmyselfhummingatoddmoments,“Tisthegifttobefree.”
HowIlohatsimplicity.ButwherecouldIfindit?
“Ourlifeisfritteredawaybydetail.Simplify,simplify.”
ThatdictumofHenryDavidThoreau’s,ethedaysofsteamboatsandox-drawnplows,hadloThoreauhimselfendohehebuiltbesideond.AndHenry—wifeless,childless,jobless—otusslewithsuchdetailsasvariable-ratemes.
Mylifeattracteddetail,asifmymottowere:“pliplidI’vefoundI’mohinkingaboutsimpliedupsidedown.
IwasvisitingaphysihisofficetfromhisIllinoisfarmlahroughhiswindowatthelaboratory’smiles—aroundparticleaeheprairiefarbelow.“It’sakindoftimemae,”
hesaid,explainingthattheacceleratorenablesphysiciststostudyslikethoseshortlyafter’sfirstmoment.Theuniverselertheed,ameredperhapsonlyonekindofforekindofpartiowithasmanykindsofforces,scoresofdifferentpartidseverythingfralaxiestodandeliosandthepoemsofKeats.
plexity,Ibegahattower,ispartofGod’splan.
Deepdowaragingly,ofa“simpleton”
.Nobodywayof“simplistig.
Butblindioplexitygerous.Oahome.Ilikeditssettingsomusciouslyavintoitspossibledefects.Afteritwasmine,Ifounditi,aingsystem,nesepticsystem—everything.Thatoldhousebealbatross,gfarmorethanIcouldafford,thestresswasevenhigher,Ihadrefusedtolookattheplexities.
Evenordinaryfinancesarerarelysimple—whatdoesyourinsurancepolicyactuallycover?Yet,eicsaresimplicityitselfparedwithmoralquestions.
&eren,Ifouheleaderofanafter-schoolgaggleofboys.Ihadtodivertthemquiew,ormycareerasleaderwouldbebrief.AndthenIsawJoe.
Joewasaowerofakid,a.HisfamilyhademigratedfromEurope,andhehadafai.
&him!”
Isaid.
MylittletroopofGothssonJoe.Somebodysandweplayedcatchwithit.Joeraookhishatasatrophy.
Thatnight,.Joe’sfather,aworried-lookihathit,askedforJoe’shat.Iretursheepishly.“PleasedoJoe,”
hesaidearly.“Hehasasthma.Whenhehasanattack,itishardfetbetter.”
&aleadsoftballiheevenioJoe’shouse.Hewasinthegarden,tillingthesoil,hewatchedmewarilyasI.IaskedifIcouldhelp.“Okay,”
hesaid.AfterthatIweohelphimafriends.
Ihadtakeowardadulthood.InsidemyselfIhadseenpossibilities,likeatangleofwires.Thisredossibilityforevil,whichrequireshanignanother’spaihewhitewireofsympathy.Icouldhaveahandiingallthosewires—itwasamatterofthedeade.Ihaddisplexity,andfoundinitanopportunitytochoose,togrow.Itspriceisresponsibility.
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