Self-Reliance

In 1841, Emerson published “Self-Reliance”. His world view was similar to the Founders. Self-Reliance was one of the concepts that made sense to me when I was a student. We are required to be self-supporting as adults and need to develop the skills required to do so.  We are also happier when we are self-supporting. We feel competent and responsible. We are responsible for supporting our family.

This responsibility is driven by a covenant and is executed by proximity. The family consisting of a mother, father and children is the basic proximal unit and has been since pre-history. The family needs food and shelter and the resources to sustain themselves. The children need to be taken care of in their early years and helped to develop the skills they will need to become self-supporting adults. The mother and father rely on each other often throughout their entire lives.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader