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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This I Believe True Friendship I believe that friendship is the greatest thing a person can have in their life. My friends have gotten me through tough times. Also‚ the majority of my finest memories are with my best friends. My few best friends can be trusted with my deepest darkest secrets. Therefore I believe that true friendship can last forever. I believe I started making friends almost right after I was born. I became friends with my parents‚ siblings‚ cousins‚ grandparents‚ and neighbors
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9 June 2013 I believe in Happiness We’re often told that happiness is an illusion‚ and some of us believe it‚ despite the experience of our own life. Happiness is obviously not an illusion‚ because we’ve all felt it‚ not once but many times. Without a doubt‚ every person has ever experienced some kind of unhappiness. This is a very sad feeling. We always feel unhappy when we get sad news‚ or experience sad situations. I believe that if there was only happiness in this world‚ then all our worries
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This I Believe By: ---- ------- I believe that happiness is obtained through optimism‚ gratitude‚ and a strong will. I believe in looking at things under a new light‚ not one of those dull manufactured bulbs. I believe that for any goal to be accomplished‚ you must first accept the fact that nothing will be handed to you on a silver platter. There won’t be any instructional booklet for life. You must write your own. Yet such a thing isn’t naturally known‚ and it must be searched for. One
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Maggie Walker I believe in tanning. I believe everybody should have the freedom of tanning. Tanning to me equals identity. This topic is a choice that embodies my personal beliefs‚ and I feel it is extremely important. I never really noticed how fortunate I am as an American to have the option of tanning. When I think of freedom of tanning‚ I think of choice. Others in third world countries will never have the luxury of the many choices I have. For them‚ tanning is not an option because
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I Believe in Sunshine Vanko SiTu I believe in sunshine. Sunshine as magic‚ sunshine as a headband and sunshine as water for life. Sunshine is magic. One time a girl came to me suddenly and said that I had showed up in her dream last night. At that time‚ I had just entered primary school for a short time. We joined the painting training class and she said my painting was so bad. That was our first time communication. After‚ she said she dreamed about me and I said: “I didn’t know you before
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I Believe in Camping I believe in camping. Just getting away from the real world for a few days‚ being with nature and loved ones. Being able to sit around the campfire roasting hot dogs and marshmallows and of course most important of all sharing stories. While I was growing up my parents and their friends loved going camping. By no means were we the type of people to drive hours into the deep forest and set up tents. Every family had their own RV and we would stay at an
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3/7/2013 This I Believe II Failure is something no one likes. I have learned over the years that failure is perceived as a bad thing. No one ever told me failure could be taken as a good thing. That was until I read a story in This I Believe II. The author explained why he liked failure and why failure could be a good thing. Forgiveness is something everyone should learn. Many people in our lives may do wrong to us and if we hold on to the hurt and anger we will never find happiness. I was one of
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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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I believe in miracles. At a very young age I began to get an idea of what a miracle was. Dallin H. Oaks defines a miracle as “a beneficial event brought about through divine power that mortals do not understand and themselves cannot duplicate.” When I was six years old I had my first experience when a miracle took place in my life. I was in our small front yard taking golf lessons from my father in a small cul-de-sac. My father laid down the golf ball on the freshly cut grass. As he swung and hit
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