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August 23, 2013

I Believe That Everyone Should Have A Special Someone In Their Life

I believe that everybody should be able to have at least that one person they can go talk to about anything, who would lend a helping hand, who shoulders you can cry on, and who can make you smile. I...
August 21, 2013

A New Beginning

I believe in a new beginning. Desperately fighting to hold my tears back, I sat restlessly in my window-seat with my Pokémon blanket hiding my face. A long seven-hour flight lies ahead of me, during which the time I could...
August 13, 2013

Religious Stew

In an increasingly connected world in which cultural differences are more relevant than ever before, faith is one of the few traits shared by humans around the globe. Sadly, new religious conflict arises every day to dominates headlines. If there...
July 18, 2013

Help to accomplish future goals

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours. This belief comes from my own experience arriving to New York City in September of 2008. If I want to succeed in the U.S. I have to learn a new...
July 12, 2013

Motherly Love

My story might sound like many other immigrant’s journey for a better life and just like those immigrants, I hold my story dear to my heart as a great achievement in my family. It all began after a marriage of...
July 12, 2013

Rays Of Light

Life consists of challenges, difficulties, and achievements which are all the building blocks that create the path to success. Life is about falling and getting back up. Our responses to life challenges define who we really are. I believe that...
July 6, 2013

The power of determination.

I believe courage and determination can help you achieve anything. When I was six years old my family and I moved to Texas. There I was a terrified little girl having to fight the whole world all by myself, because...
May 16, 2013

The Gift of Ambiguity

I believe in ambiguity. A doctor once told me that viruses are the engines of evolution; if so, ambiguity is the engines of a different kind of evolution, one that affects the mind and the spirit. I treasure all the...
May 3, 2013

You and I Are the Same

Almost every afternoon, my friends and I would run around and chase each other on a large field of wheat. We would run and play hide and seek for hours before the day gets dark. After that, we always race...