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Comparing Self-Esteem In Henry David Thoreau And Walt Whitman

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Both, Thoreau and Whitman, believed heavily that self-esteem played a large role in one's life. They both believed that if you thought that you were good enough, then you were. There were no ifs, ands, or buts about it; what you thought about yourself determined how you would live your life. “It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.” Henry David Thoreau Thoreau is trying to say that if you think poorly of yourself then you will most likely do poorly in life; whereas if you think highly of yourself than you have a better chance of doing well. It doesn’t matter what anyone else says about you, if you think that you suck, then you’re gonna suck. “I exist as I am, that is enough” Walt Whitman Whitman thinks that if you think that you are good enough, then you are. You need to be able to accept that you cannot change what has already happened, nor can you control what is to come. All you can do now is just be you. Whatever happens, happens, oh well; there is nothing you can do about it now. You need to believe in yourself, and pray that you’ll make the right choices because you are a magnificent creature and you are good enough. Humans are flawed, very rarely do we trust our instincts, but instead we go with what everyone …show more content…

If they are happy with themselves, then that should be enough. We go through life thinking that “so and so” is better than us, that others start to believe it as well. We are our own worst critic, we see ourselves as imperfect, or not good enough, that it starts to affect our everyday lives. As I said earlier, if you think you suck, then you’re gonna suck. You have to live your life believing that you are the best version of yourself. AS the great Judy Garland once said, “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone

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