Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson is inspiring me today. There is this quote site that I like to visit on a regular basis and today Emerson was the man whose name I chose and each of his quotes seems to be speaking to me.

“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”

I love this quote. I have always been the type of person that when someone tells me that it won’t work, I believe them. That being said, I believe that over the last few years I have grown away from this personality type. I am braver, stronger, and more self-assured. I want to be the person who bucks the system and gets down to business. I want to be more than others might see me to be.

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

Again, I would say that for the majority of my life I was trying to be what the world said I should be, but now I am making my own path. I love who I am more and more each day. I want this to be my greatest accomplishment and I do not want the world to dictate who I am or what I become.

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”

How poignant. I want to be myself. I want to be original, and I think that I accomplish this on a regular basis. Each day I am discovering more about myself and I am no longer scared of what that means.

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...”

This is sincerely my favorite quote. How often we cling to the things of yesterday. I can think of numerous occasions where I could not shut my brain off at night because thoughts of the past continually crept to the forefront of my mind. Each day has the promise of a fresh start, and that to me is the most amazing thing that there is. I love the thought that each day is a clean slate, a chance for us to be better.

“We must be our own before we can be another's.”

Then there is this quote. I believe that I am constantly learning this. I know that I have to be happy with who I am in order to ever be happy with someone else. I love that this lesson has been learned in my life.

What wisdom. I would love to be able to put words to paper that would hold such depth as these. Someday I hope to be quoted in the same manner. I know that today most of the words were not my own, but I wanted today to glean from the wisdom of another man.