Transcendentalists are people who believe
that religion and politics are just things that cloud the purity of human beings;
they believe that those who are self- reliant will prevail. Transcendentalists
celebrate themselves every day. They embrace their way of thinking, style, and
their individuality as a whole. These revolutionaries aren't afraid to step out the box
or to run away from the mold society made has for them.
Just like the transcendentalists I
celebrate myself. I celebrate my individuality. I celebrated my uniqueness, my
looks, my thinking, my style, my way of speaking, my dreams, and the way I lead
my life. I celebrate the fact that I don't let a religion or political group
control or narrow my views; I don't compromise my purity and virtues by going
with something I don't agree with.
While it's nice to fit in and be well liked
by others, my life doesn't revolve around it. Similar to the transcendentalists,
my main goal is to just live my life for me! However that doesn't mean you will
see me burning money, running in to middle of the wilderness for refuge,
or only feeling freedom in complete solitude. In fact, this is very
unappealing and scary to me! So although I love myself and my individuality, I
would be the ABSOLUTE LAST person
to do some of the “out of this world” things
we saw in the movie Into the
Wild. I guess I won’t be a devote transcendentalist but I do possess
some of the characteristics of one. One thing I realized from this unit is that
I Celebrate Myself and I do so proudly because I am the only one who truly can;
I love this, and I will continue to celebrate myself for the rest of my life!
I really like how you wrote this! especially, your second paragraph and the last line of your blog. I think you balanced out facts and information about how you celebrate yourself really well, and I like that you talked about what you would do in Alex/Chris' (Into the Wild) situation. Great piece!
ReplyDeleteI like how you mention that you don't mind having these transcendental thoughts, but don't have the courage or even the urge to go out and actually do them. I see that sort of view a lot today when material goods have such a hold on us. Nice work!
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