One is told that being self reliant is the most important thing that one will learn in life. Reading the excerpts from the essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson titled Self Reliance only made that comment more true. The excerpts itself was very well written and very thought provoking. Being in high school one is not always forced to rely on self for there are parents, teachers, and friends, who are there to help. One can …showed first 75 words of 745 total…

…showed last 75 words of 745 total…it comes down to nurture vs. nature. I believe that being self reliant is something that you become by watching others, and your parents. It's all about believing in yourself. "Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation;" Who cares what others think or say, its all about enjoying your life and being yourself. Being self reliant reflects all of this.