Prompt: What is your opinion of the idea that our beliefs are influenced by the actions of others? Dear Diary, It feels like I have concrete in my veins. My legs are heavy[…]
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Polished Personal: Influencing Beliefs and Dreams
Prompt: What is your opinion of the idea that our beliefs are influenced by the actions of others? This is a personal response in the format of a personal-analytical essay (a hybrid) to an excerpt[…]
Lion of Lore
He spoke. And I listened. The hypnotic cadences of his jubilant exclamations, drew me in, tangling me in a web of bravery, honour, and glory. I could only watch, my mind being disconnected from my[…]
This I Believe: A Piece of a Puzzle
Experiences are the stones beneath a stream; lines of a sketch; pieces of a puzzle; the threads of identity. That is what I believe in.
This I believe…BELIEVE
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. -Saint Augustine This I believe…—what? Here I am, 5:00 pm Sunday night, 2 hours before[…]
Believing in believing…
I believe in believing. But what is believing? Perhaps it is when the mind constantly reiterates to the heart the details it has gathered from the outside world in its efforts to persuade you into believing something similar[…]