TranscendentalismBy: Heather Edelman
AndChristina Retana
“Nothing is at la
st
sacred but the
integrity of your
own mind” –Free Thought
Your own mind is most important. Your opinions should be different then those of others and will be the only thing that will allow yourself to have personal integrity.
Self-Reliance
Self-Reliance
“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think.” -Self-Reliance
What you do is your own opinion; it concerns only you for the choices you make in your life. What others may think will not influence you.
Self-Reliance
“ Imitation is suicide”-nonconformity
You should not rely on others to control you. Imitating people is the on thing that will not allow you to create your own character.
Self-Reliance
“Is it so bad then to be misunderstood.” -confidence
Even if there are times when people do not understand your choices and opinions you can still be
a great man. If you are misunderstood it may be because you have a new theory.
Self-Reliance “No kernel of corn can
come to him but through
his toil bestowed
on that plot of
ground which is given to
him to till. -nature
Life isn’t as easy as it seems sometimes. Things get thrown at you that you don’t expect but if
you work hard you will succeed
Walden
“I go and come with a strange liberty”-free thought
When he became accustomed to the nature it created a happiness for him. He was able to hold his head high with nature. He is confident in himself that he does not need the approval of others.
Walden“Why should I feel lonely?”-Self-Reliance
He learned to live on his own and not to be lonely in the woods. He didn’t need another person for his opinions there. He realized that he doesn’t need other people to be happy with himself. Also, that nature is there and will accompany him everywhere.
Walden“Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.”- Nonconformity
Even if everyone is materialistic he
does not need it for his soul. Money
does not create happiness. Everything
you need in life to be happy is in nature
and everything around you. Money is
only an object, but it does not need to
be a part of your life.
Walden“ Is it so
bad
then
to b
e
misu
nd
ersto
od
.”- C
onfidence
Even if there are tim
es when people do not understand your
choices and opinions, you can still be a great m
an. If you are
misunderstood, it may be because you have a new opinion.
If you are misunderstood it m
eans your thinking outside the
box, and to think differently is never b
ad. To be
misunderstood your ideas are more creative and people just
need to look at them in a diffe
rent angle.
Walden
The life in us is like the water in the river. –importance of nature
- To feel alive he saw himself like the river . It endlessly flows over twists and turns. Obstacles that are in your way can easily be put in your past. Life can flow flawlessly like a river.
TranscendentalismThis quote is an example of transcendentalism because it shows confidence and self reliance .
It shows confidence because you use what is within you to create your character.
It shows self reliance because you should rely on what is within you to define yourself, not the troubles of your past.
Heather Edelman
Let Yourself ShineThere’s a long lonely road that lies ahead of us. When your standing in a crowd and you wanna stand out you know you can do it if you try
And when I stand here calling I want the world to know I’m not falling For all the tricks it plays it will get to your head And when it seems like the path is wrong Keep on walking you won’t have to play along Keep on moving I can say what I mean this time Let yourself shine.
Now I’m off on my own Leaving behind the life I had once known New beginnings and that’s why I stand here tall And when I stand here calling I want the world to know I’m not falling For all the tricks it plays and it will get to your head And when it seems like the path is wrong Keep on walking you won’t have to play along Keep on moving I can say what I mean this time Let yourself shine.
Music and Lyrics by Heather Edelman and Christina Retana
Let Yourself shine
You know you can do it if you try -self reliance
I want the world to know I’m not falling -confidence
Keep on walking you wont have to play along
-nonconformity
I can say what I mean this time-free thought
You wanna stand out-nonconformity