Was reading Thoreau in the subway ride back home from work, when an old man sitting next to me touched my shoulder. I was stoned, but I still remember what he said.
” I read Life Without Principle when I was in college and it changed my life. I know he’s very idealistic, but it has so much truth, you can’t deny it. It told me that I should sustain myself with my own living [the things you love doing]. Don’t submit yourself to selling your life for a bit of cash, because then that will be your life. Well, my stop is coming up, but long story short, I dropped out of Columbia, married the woman of my dreams, and started doing what I love for a living, even though my parents and most people I knew were against it. It was hard. I don’t know if I was going to be happy with a job in Wall Street or not, but all I know is that I’m so happy with my current life that I don’t even care. I wouldn’t trade it for all the money in the world. Well, this is my stop. Take care.”
Pretty much made my night.
(via feed-your-head)
