What Is Emerson's Idea Of Consistency?

In “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson urges everyone that they should follow their own voice, individuality and individual (what they believe in) rather than listening to what other people expects them to do in their life. One of the important points that Emerson makes in “Self-Reliance” that truly captivates me when I was reading the essay is about consistency. Consistency is the basis for many explanations of change. The idea of consistency makes us uncomfortable because we are scared if we make the right or wrong decisions in our life. We become disturbed/not finished/not decided when things don't fit together in ways that we might think are "consistent." In Paragraph 12 of Emerson’s “Self-Reliance,” he talks about that “The
The “little minds” feels like they are being consistent all the time. A greater mind would not be bothered if an idea it has today goes against one it had yesterday, as long as the mind follows what it honestly feels at any given time. More importantly, the explanation of why people chose to change their views/opinions is important. It connects with why we are so hard on presidential candidates when they change their opinions on something. We accused them of flip-flopping and we don’t trust with what they are trying to say anymore because we know for sure that they are just doing that to win our votes. For example, Hillary Clinton was against same-sex marriage. In 2004, she said that “I believe marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man and a woman.” Now, she said to the world that she supports same-sex marriage even though people still remember what she said back from 2004 when she was a senator. The reason why she changed her view about same-sex marriage because she is running for to be the next President of the United States of America and she wants everyone to know that she supports same-sex marriage so that everyone votes for