Ralph Waldo Emerson Self Reliance

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Certain moments in life go by so fast that we can’t process information fast enough, causing us to use our instinct or reflexes to act. As Ralph Waldo Emerson discusses in his essay “Self Reliance,” there is a time to use your head and a time to follow your heart. This means that in life we all have problems that either can be solved by reasoning with the task at hand or using intuition in the blink of an eye. July 23rd. It all started on a hot summer day, comparable to any other day, except it was championship weekend. Due to a lack of performance by our team the night before, we had a 2-1 record and heading to the 3rd-4th place game. Feelings of anguish and disappointment were already going through our minds, but we knew as a team we couldn’t