English 8CP This I Believe: Writing Instructions [modified from: http://www.thisibelieve.org] The This I Believe essay form is based on a 1950’s radio program of the same name‚ where Americans from all walks of life shared their personal philosophies and core values that guided their daily lives. In your essay‚ you will narrow this focus‚ writing only a statement of personal religious belief. Below are some suggestions to guide you through this process. Name your belief: If you
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TbsBrady John August 18‚ 2013 Mr. Widness Living in the Moment I believe in living in the moment. I can’t control what I did yesterday‚ nor can I control what will happen tomorrow. What I can control is what I do today. I often wonder what would have happened if I could change the past. Would I be the same person that I am today? The moment is all you have‚ all you are guaranteed‚ and all you can change. The past is gone and the future is unknown. Life is too fast for me to worry about days
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I Believe Essay Draft 2 09/14/12 Word Count 842 The Power of Forgiveness I believe in forgiveness. I never really understood the meaning of forgiveness. When people hurt me or treat me badly I always thought the best way to handle it is to hold it in. I never showed anger on the outside but just kept it all in. Instead‚ I let it boil inside of me. My kind act toward those who hurt me was a shield from my pain. Most of my kind act was at my mother. I blamed my birth mother
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This I Believe I believe that people need to take more time to appreciate the little things in life. This is my belief because sometimes the smallest things in life can mean the most to you. Take for example if one of your family members or close friends pass away and you have something to remember them by. The item you may have may be useless to someone else but to you it means the world. The little things in life may be some of the things that get you through your everyday routine. They could
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Kaila Hammonds Confidence is key I believe in confidence. Being confident in others and myself. I believe confidence can help you achieve greater things. If I am confident in myself‚ others will be confident in me as well. Confidence can either be gained or lost. Being confident with myself and others effects things I do daily such as giving presentations or talking to other people. If I wasn’t as confident as I am now‚ doing easy tasks such as those would be difficult. Growing up‚ things
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There are many things I don’t believe in; like love at first sight‚ ghosts‚ psychics‚ and a happy ever after. One thing I do believe in though‚ is fate. I believe that everything happens for a reason‚ even if you might not be able to see it right away. Whether you accredit it to a higher power or not‚ I can’t help but acknowledge that there is a reason why certain things happen. When I first heard the saying‚ I immediately thought that it was something that people said to make you feel better. Then
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Many people have a close relationship with their pets. These people treat their birds‚ cats‚ or other animals as members of their family. But‚ the very special pets that I have always been intrigued with are dogs. As silly as it sounds‚ but hear me out‚ when I tell you the reasons why I believe in dogs. I believe that dogs can teach you so many essential moral values in life. For instance‚ dogs teach you to express your inner feelings‚ and it’s always a good thing to let people know how you feel
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McCune-Thompson Project 1 I Believe in Me It was a sunny day in September. The trees were still a bright green and the air was still breezy. I had just gotten home from school‚ reading a book. As a third grader‚ books and studying were all I had. I did not like to play video games and I only participated in sports when in school. So when I came home I spent most of my time reading books or studying. When I was in third grade‚ my favorite subject was math. And today as I am still in school math is
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“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” --Paulo Coelho This‚ I believe that everyone was conceived for a certain purpose in life. Now the question is whether you are more willing to fulfill that purpose or not? Tis better to appraise what one has and is in life than contemplating now and then how life should have been‚ and will be. In other words‚ living as if today was the last day‚ as if nothing matters in your life‚ will possibly help one endure things like stress‚ anxiety
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I Believe In Enduring When you find something that you love‚ stick with it no matter what. All through life there are going to be obstacles and challenges‚ but that doesn’t mean you should give up. These obstacles should push you to work harder to achieve your final goal of happiness. All my life‚ ever since I was a kid‚ I have sang. Around the house‚ at school‚ and even in public. When I was young‚ I just sang because it made me happy. As I got older I realized how I was blessed with the ability
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