In Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature, he establishes that there is a problem in our society. He states that determination in creating and finding something refreshing and brand new has been neglected and lost. He tries to solve this predicament by telling us that we only use our history, stories, and theories to relate with nature rather that getting out in it and soaking it all in yourself. Emerson wants us to exclude everything in our life that does not matter and go out and get in touch with ourselves through nature. This seems so simple but yet complicated at the same time.

In the first chapter Emerson's gazing at stars is an example of him every night rediscovering the eternal--making each experience brand new. Emerson quotes " But every night come out these preachers of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile." To me he is say...