Brighton Earley’s mom shops at a gas station because she can no longer afford to buy food at a regular grocery. At first Earley was ashamed to go on these shopping trips, but now the Los Angeles student believes they’ve taught her a valuable lesson.
Playwright Elise Forier Edie knows her recovery from addiction will be difficult as she battles feelings of arrogance and control, fear and helplessness. But Edie believes she has found a way to start her journey by focusing on this one moment in time.
As a teenager more than 50 years ago, Elizabeth Deutsch Earle wrote an essay for the original This I Believe series. Now, she reflects on her life as a scientist, wife, and mother to see how her beliefs have evolved.
Humility is a quality that I have grown to appreciate as time passes by. Whether it be from encounters I have personally experienced, or observing the egotism of others on television/the Internet, the importance of working hard but staying humble...
I believe in Karma. I don’t mean the typical Karma that most people interpret as past deeds following us from one reincarnated life to another until we finally get it right. My understanding of karma is simply that if I...
Some girls carry a Cosmopolitan in their purse and read it all day long. Whether they’re reading about “how to look good naked”, or even if it’s just about “making your lips look fuller”, it seems to me that most...
I took a trip over a year ago to the slums of Panama on a dental mission trip. Panama is a third world country that still struggles with violence. The military act as the police force and it not uncommon...
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning...
What do I believe in? Well to be honest, I have no idea. To believe in something means what; is it to hope or to trust? I am sure if a person looked long enough, they could find some sort...