Let your community be small, with only a few people
Keep tools in abundance but do not depend on them.
Appreciate your life and be content with your home
Sail boats and ride horses, but don't go too far.
Keep weapons and armor but do not employ them
Let everyone read and write, eat well and make beautiful things.
Live peacefully and delight in your own society
Dwell within the cock-crow of your neighbors,
But maintain your independence from them.
Keep tools in abundance but do not depend on them.
Appreciate your life and be content with your home
Sail boats and ride horses, but don't go too far.
Keep weapons and armor but do not employ them
Let everyone read and write, eat well and make beautiful things.
Live peacefully and delight in your own society
Dwell within the cock-crow of your neighbors,
But maintain your independence from them.
The electronic version I took this translation from titles this verse: Utopia.
Firstly, letting my community be small should be relatively easy when moving to the thriving metropolis of Fremont, a population of about 700. Also, anyone who knows my Captain, knows that keeping weapons and armor on hand goes without saying. Maintaining independence comes from the fact that we wish to begin producing much more of our own food and our own electricity.
The two lines that really reach me at the moment are:
Appreciate your life and be content with your home & Let everyone read and write, eat well and make beautiful things. ~ That really does describe utopia to me, and I feel closer than ever to reaching it.
Through the chaos of buying a house, moving and the many changes happening in our lives right now, I hope to keep this verse in mind and bring this utopia to fruition.
I chuckled at the weapons bit...like that'll be a problem.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait till you get horses!
"Let your community be small, with only a few people
ReplyDeleteKeep tools in abundance but do not depend on them.
Appreciate your life and be content with your home
Sail boats and ride horses, but don't go too far.
Keep weapons and armor but do not employ them
Let everyone read and write, eat well and make beautiful things.
Live peacefully and delight in your own society
Dwell within the cock-crow of your neighbors,
But maintain your independence from them."
Looks like all the ingredients are there for a happy life.
Congratulations on buying your first home.
Good luck, if you get in there soon you will still have time to plant a garden, and I hope you will find a good way to produce your electricity, the grid will be stronger if more people have a way to switch on and off of it, perhaps feed it as well.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping your dreams become fulfilling if not fulfilled.
ReplyDeletelooks like a good guide for life
ReplyDeletethough I take the weapons to mean to have them to use if needed not hoping for the excuse ;)
boat -check (can it use a sail?)
horse -
protection -check check check check check...
small community -check (and a small circle of friends)
reading, writing :D, eating well & making things beautiful -4 big checks!
close-but-private neighbors -check
home -checking
which will all lead to appreciating your life even more
looks like you're right on track
congrats!