我的有聲英語原創散文：瓦爾登湖就在身邊

Early winter seems a good time in Beijing when there is no maze or smog.

You could still expect the blue sky and fresh, cold air here.

Jogging around the lake in the early morning is a great start of the day, particularly to catch up something unexpected.

Leaves are swirling down beautifully. They are jumping off the tree, sleeping on the ground, and embracing Mother Nature.

My mom is a huge fan of taking photos. Her target is always the beauty of nature.

But more importantly, she looks attentively at flowers, trees, mountains, rocks and rivers by heart.

From her perspectives, this is how you can come up with fancy photos.

I can』t agree with her more.

I follow the suit and catch up pretty things around me while wandering the park in the neighbourhood.

It may not necessarily be Lake Geneva, Grand Canyon or Loch Ness. Inner peace may turn any common places into wonderlands.

I do this as if I were Henry Thoreau, walking around Lake Walden between 1845 and 1847. We could be Thoreaus ourselves, keeping away from work routines for a while and staying tuned with nature.

At the end of the day, we may come back to our inner selves and let go anything unnecessary to our life.

作者簡介：趙剛（Andrew）

北京城市廣播特聘教育專家，英國使館文化教育處特邀留學培訓師，英國格拉斯哥大學MBA，曾長期擔任英國大學中國區首席代表，撰寫出版《留學的邏輯》《到英國去》等書。