On Self-Reliance Part 3

" Being good instead of looking good " essentially means that being good should be more important to you than how you appear to other people when you are doing good. As we grow up, we're more likely to question people as a result to all of the bad people we see or hear about. If we know that we are good people then we don't have to waste our time convincing other people that we are good. If you act like something you're not then you loose power in who you truly are. When people react to something you did, they're not reacting to you, they're reacting to what they have going on. When we get upset it is better to explain or to express ourselves, in healthy/non-violent ways, than throwing a tantrum. What keeps me interested is how the paragraphs explain how we should try something new or either to be who we really are and not some phony. What makes me want to let my head slam right onto my keyboard is how it was written a long time ago, thus the wording is different from wording today but I understand and so I will suck it up and keep on listening.

On Self-Reliance Part 2

If we don't honor who we are and what we think, how will anybody else? When you do good work you feel happy but then you realize all the things you could've done better, suddenly you're not so happy anymore. We can do more than what other people want us or expect us to do. It is completely natural to press boundaries. People fear judgement, they fear rejection. So what if people don't like what you do or what you wear? We're all literally going to die in the end and i bet no one, not a single person, will remember what you said or what you wore one day. You'll wonder what could've been if you had just acted like yourself and weren't busy worrying about pleasing others. Everything is up to you, give yourself time. Don't invest your time in making people understand who you are and why you do the things you do. " Consistency is harder when no one is clapping for you. You must clap for yourself during those times, you should always be your biggest fan."

First Impression of On Self-Reliance

What really fascinates me is that most writers from a long time ago only tend to use male pronouns, but that's beside the point. If I may, " Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.." that quote alone says so much about how our society is today. It's like some people are afraid to be wrong and don't get me wrong, I understand what that is like. People would rather be correct quietly than be wrong loudly. To be able to speak what you believe is true is important and that is what I learned from the essays.

The Road Not Taken

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