An Analysis Of Dying By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." As a writer, Emerson more then likely had to do things he was not comfortable with. But if Emerson had stayed within the confides of his comfort zone, then we probably would not know who he was today. Everyone wants to be remembered. Dying without a legacy sounds horrifying to most. So if you never take chances, are you really living? When you actually think about doing something beyond what you had already mastered, it sounds absolutely horrifying. You know it will require doing things that may make you look like a fool or you might even get hurt. But you face a task almost everyday that in the end make you
grow as a person, whether you realize it or not. When you were a child and had been on this earth for around a year or so, your parent had been by your side almost the entire time. You had been in a safe bubble where you always had something or someone to hold you and make sure you were stable. But when your parents squatted to the ground and stood you up and tried to get you to walk from parent A to parent B, you weren't so safe anymore. You had to balance yourself and do something that you weren't use to. But had you never done it, you more then likely would not be where you are today. This is a memory that no one really remembers happening, though you know it did. It was such a huge milestone that has made you grow so much without even realizing. You make a lot of decisions through out the day, everyday, that actually impact your life quite a bit. Had you never trusted your parent to be there to catch you if you fell, you would have never walked. Had you never walked, you would have never ran or learned to ride a bike. Life is all about chances. If you choose to take a chance or not is what makes you grow or shrink as a person.