TRANSCENDENTALISM IN TODAY'S SOCIETY

PRESENT

• Song: "Alive"
• Band: P.O.D.
• "Everyday is a new day. I’m thankful for every breath I take. I won’t take it for granted. So I learn from my mistakes. It’s beyond my control, sometimes it’s best to let go whatever happens in this lifetime. So I trust in love. You have given me peace of mind." (P.O.D.)

PAST

• Poem: "A Psalm of Life"
• Poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Quote: "Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul." (Longfellow).

CONNECTION

• Both works share a theme of making the most of life day by day. Transcendentalism expressed living life to the fullest and goodness which these works represent.