First Impression: On Self-Reliance

• "Ne te quaesiveris extra."
• Belief in yourself is what is true for all people
• The belief is genius, not the thought itself
• Cannot be yourself and be someone else at the same time
• Toil= work
• Only champ in your life is you
• whatever happens in your life is a result of you

I believe that even though parents instill in us that they want us to be our own person, they are also instilling in us not to stand out. They don't allow us to wear what we want to wear, they want us to wear 'normal' clothes. I think Emerson's essay is trying to get us to understand that it's not the standing out that makes it incredible, it's the act of standing out. Me ka aloha, Cece.