Transcendental and Antitranscendental

I personally like to read transcendental literature. I think I like reading this set of writing because I love nature and I prefer happy endings to ones where people die or something bizarre happens to them. One of my favorite transcendental authors is Ralph Waldo Emerson. Almost everything he writes hits home with me. In "Nature", I like how Emerson says that "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit". I come from an outdoors type of family and we all love being outside and I have found that quote is very true. When I am sad I run outside and sit in my backyard feeling the sun on me and it makes me happy. I can read antitranscendental literature but it takes me forever to get through it because it brings me down. I also enjoyed the excerpt of "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau. His observation skills are excellent which makes reading descriptions more fun. Thoreau also said many things that again hit home with me. Although I do not think I would be able to get through the entire book of "Walden" because he is a very deep thinker, a few excerpts here and there are very enjoyable.