The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Sarah Mouracade

Posted At : January 23, 2009 1:00 AM
Related Categories: History,Personal Narratives

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Taken from The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Read by Sarah Mouracade: "I have found few things more valuable than considering new ideas and allowing them to challenge the ideas I do hold. This type of reflection may be prompted by a beautiful sky, a troublesome encounter, or a thoughtful discussion." Sarah is a wife, mother, and human rights activist who spent 2008 completing her Masters in English and working with Obama's Presidential Campaign. Sarah is a strong supporter of community organizing and hopes that you will invest in a cause that contributes to making the world a better place, such as Amnesty International USA.

In her autobiography, Charlotte Perkins Gilman describes the genesis of her personal philosophy about religion:

"It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. 'They all eat one another!' he cried, and called it evil. This process I examined, changed the verb, said, 'They all feed one another,' and called it good....

As to pain--? I observed that the most important continuous functions of living are unconsciously carried on within us; that the most external ones, involving a change of activity on our part, as in obtaining food, and mating, are made desirable by pleasure; that just being alive is a pleasure; that pain does not come in unless something goes wrong. 'Fine!' said I. 'An admirable world. God is good.'"

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