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One of the genuine pleasures for me in coming to live in New England is my near annual pilgrimage to Waldon Pond. I circumambulate, stopping here and there, but particularly to contemplate at the site of his little shack, and to add a pebble to the slowly growing pile which I think of as a stupa, to consider Henry David Thoreau<\/a>, the person and the thinker, and what he brought to me and, of course, to all of us.<\/p>\n

For me he remains one of the greats, flawed like all of us, and, at the same time, such a soaring spirit. He shows we can all open our hearts and minds wide, and when we do so, discover what is important.<\/p>\n

There are those who make a Buddhist<\/a> connection for him, sort of the proto-Unitarian-Buddhist. While indeed there are connections, in many ways I find him more a proto-Unitarian-Taoist. But, hey, close enough\u2026<\/p>\n

Today is his birthday.<\/p>\n

Worth, believe, a raise of the glass.<\/p>\n

And, a toast of thanks\u2026 <\/p>\n

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