People think that consistency is very important, but
being consistent on ideas or values do not always make us perfect. Sometimes
ideas has to change, we cannot use the same techniques and ideas from ten years
back. In this quote, Emerson is trying to say that people who always have the consistency are narrow minded, and those people will
be praised only by the followers. He even says that being consistent is
following the shadow, or being the shadow on the wall. According to Emerson we
should not just follow the old established ideas, but we should try to make our
own and build up new ideas. If we are consistent on something today, then that
might conflict tomorrow. Like Emerson said, being consistent do not take us
anywhere else, we will be stuck on the same place with the same ideas, and same
people.
I was born in Saudi Arabia, but
now I am doing my bachelor degree at US University, and that is a big change
for me. If I was consistent and did not want to move then I would not be in ISU
right now. My mother wanted me to stay in my country, but my father and I
wanted me to come to US for my study. I am doing very well on my study, and now
my mother things that my decision of coming to US was the right one.
We should not be consistent, and
we need to move on. I think being consistent is same as being an idle because
we always have the same concept, and we never bother to find a new one.
