Impediments to Transcending
It is interesting, if it is really thought about, the necessities for life are limited to only one thing; staying warm. Walden’s Emersonian way of thinking sheds a new light on what is a want, and what is a need. Thoreau explains that in his own life, keeping only what was necessary allowed him to escape the fear of the world's perception of him and live freely, exactly how he wished. This was Thoreau’s transcendental moment. A transcendent moment is the moment in time when you are completely free to do what you want without fear of judgement or humiliation. Personally, I believe that I have not yet reached this glorifying peak in my life. Because of my age and my inability to stray from conformity, for the time being, it is not possible for me to reach what I believe will be my transcendent moment.
Because of the limits set by the state, I am not free to choose my own fate until I reach the legal age of adulthood; 18. For some unknown reason, the United States government has chosen this age to determine the freedoms of my childhood. I, as a fifteen year old, still have the obligation to do and be whatever my parents ask me to do or be. Emerson says “to believe your own thought, to believe…show more content… It is difficult to not be taken seriously, but I know that with more experience and knowledge people will begin to think about what I have to say. As for conformity, I feel the more I grow and mold into the person I want to be, the more I will be okay with standing out. I know it will always be difficult for me to go against the views of my friends, but hopefully my friends later in life will share the same values as me, and if they do not, then they will respect my difference in opinion. Even though it has not happened yet, I am confident that I will find the strength to have my transcendent in the near
