Transcendentalists believe one must have an amazing amount of confidence in him/herself to go within and to find value and find isolation to use his/her intuition and find his/her own individual verse that complements the song of the universe. In Conclusion of Walden Thoreau states the importance of confidence describing “if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and within him.” (Thoreau Walden. 225-230). Thoreau reveals through dictions and his experiments, being confident in one’s own self and looking within to find answers that will bring out new, universal and the best and most unexpected success. Instead of depending on others and looking else where, the only place one can break free from past laws and boundaries and find true enlightenment and happiness is to be confident with himself and his own beliefs and through that, he will find life is simple, joy comes from every little common thing he would otherwise look past and brush off. This idea is also illustrated in the song On the Brightside by Never Shout Never. “I am a man of six feet tall /Just looking for some answers In a world that answers none of them at all/I'll say, "Hi," but not reply /To the letters that you write /Because I found some peace of mind./Cause I'm only as tall as my heart will let me be/And I'm only as small as the world will make me seem /When the going gets rough and I feel like I may fall/I'll look on the brightside / I'm roughly six feet tall.” The song analyzes that it is useless to seek for answers in a world that does not offer any answers, the answer lies within one self. The world may try and break him down, but confidence will get him through and help him achieve his peace of mind, finding beauty and happiness within the little things of life, and most importantly, within himself.
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