I love the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. As almost all people know this story, there might be no need to write about this book. But I love this book so much. So I want to talk about this book and rethink about the way to live better.
I want to write about a lot of things concerning this book. But especially I want to write about the scene that the little prince finds the important thing for him. The fox he met told him the important thing. The fox says like this.
"Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me…"
What do you think about this passage? Indeed this is a matter of course. But sometimes we're likely to forget this vital truth. I need love and friendship from others. But do I give love and friendship to others? This fox words make me think about my way of life. And after these words, the little prince finds the important thing to him. He says like this to thousand of roses he met.
"You are not at all like my rose."
And he goes on.
"You are beautiful, but you are empty, one could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you−− the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies); because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing. Because she is my rose."
This passage moved me all the time, and I find the love no one can buy here. I find most essential thing in my life. And the fox says.
"What is essential is invisible to the eye."
There is this sentence in my heart all the time.
"What is essential is invisible to the eye."
I love these words. So as not to forget these words, I always use the key case of The Little Prince I bought when I visited the museum of The Little Prince in Hakone, Japan. What makes you special to your essential person? I believe that the time we spend on others makes us irreplaceable. And at last we'll find love.
Thanks for your reading. I hope you'll enjoy this. Feel free to leave me a comment.
