Go Confidently: I Had a Dream

Friday, February 7, 2014

I Had a Dream

Last summer while putting time and energy into taming Henry, I did dream and have a vision of him sitting on my lap during the cold winter. Well, it might have been a small dream in the whole scheme of things, but it was a dream. And it came true!
Henry finally came into the house in October and snuggles with me while watching television and in bed. He is my constant companion; he follows me around like a dog. He holds a special place in my heart because of the time I invested in becoming his friend and gaining trust.

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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817 in Concord MA. His father operated a pencil factory, and his mother took in boarders. He attended Harvard where he studied Greek, Latin and German. After college, Ralph Waldo Emerson became his mentor and friend. Through Emerson, he was exposed to Transcendentalism, a school of thought that emphasizes empirical thinking and spiritual matters over the physical world. It also encourages scientific inquiry and observation.
In 1845, Thoreau built a small home on Walden Pond. He spent two years there seeking a simpler life and experimented with working as little as possible. He once wrote, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." He later wrote his famous book, Walden Pond.
He was against slavery, and his 1849 publication of "Civil Disobedience" influenced Martin Luther King, Jr and Gandhi.
He battled tuberculosis and died in 1862.