“Life is awareness making love with existence.”

I think this is what Thoreau was saying at Walden Pond – and throughout his life.

In “Letters To A Spiritual Seeker” he wrote (Letter # 30), “O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it – for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.”

He also said, “Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.”
This is why Thoreau himself may be the most important hero we have: he lived his words far more than any hero we have devised.

If we stopped suffering and began to enjoy, we might embrace life more freely – and be freer for it.