I believe in idealism.
I believe in a world where all people are loved and respected and treasured.
I believe in equality.
I believe in joy.
I believe in wisdom.
I believe the strongest blade is forged in fire.
I believe in grief.
I believe in friendship.
I believe in recovery.
I believe in making the hard choices when they need to be made.
I believe in respecting the choices of others even when we don’t agree with them.
I believe in respect.
I believe in love.
I believe in the power of positive action.
I believe in art and music and stories.
I believe in truth.
I believe in magic.
I believe in fairies and dragons and elves.
I believe in personal responsibility and self-discipline.
I believe in offering help to those who need it.
I believe in asking for help.
I believe in honour.
I believe in justice over law, and reparation over punishment.
I believe in honesty and integrity.
I believe in forgiveness.
I believe in following your dreams, wherever they may lead.
I believe in passion.
I believe in happiness.
I believe in the inherent innocence of children and the inherent goodness of adults.
I believe in trust.
I believe in community.
I believe in you.
What do you believe?
Jo Eberhardt is a writer of speculative fiction, mother to two adorable boys, and lover of words and stories. She lives in rural Queensland, Australia, and spends her non-writing time worrying that the neighbour's cows will one day succeed in sneaking into her yard and eating everything in her vegie garden.
I believe there are no absolutes (including the consequence that sometimes there are).
I believe that perfection is not possible (but still worth seeking).
I believe everyone deserves to win (including my opponents).
I believe in Science; I believe in Gods.
Thanks so much for sharing, Dave.
I believe we have a great deal in common.
What do I believe? My beliefs are still like anti-freeze. They are not quite rigid, so what I believe wholeheartedly today, I may find out tomorrow has some flaws. Nonetheless, I don’t part with it entirely, I just morph it a little bit. My beliefs are never quite frozen. This belief makes life a little sloshy.
Here are some absolutes.
I believe that taking hard drugs like heroine will hurt your body, so I never did it. Same with smoking, large amounts of alcohol, food, sunshine or tanning beds, jumping out of planes, and playing with poisonous snakes. My husband said I was well-maintained when he met me. Not beautiful, just well maintained!
I believe in being friendly to people, and giving them more than one chance to be friendly back, but I don’t believe in torturing myself with someone who is constantly negative and doesn’t enjoy me. I don’t believe that fighting them is useful, but avoidance works well.
I believe in doing more than one thing at once, and trying lots of things, and like people who don’t like me very well, avoid the things I can’t do well, or don’t enjoy doing – like getting overly sweaty. Though I believe that getting sweaty once in a while is a good thing if you enjoy what you are doing, or accomplishing something worthwhile, and you have something to protect your eyes from the sweat.
This could take all day, so I don’t believe I’ll continue – lucky you!!! 🙂 Thanks for a great, thought-provoking post! 🙂
Thank you for sharing. I know exactly what you mean about sloshy beliefs, and I think that’s the best way to be. The people who never consider their beliefs could change are the ones more likely to have a closed mind and heart.
Keep anti-freezing. 🙂
Thanks. Great post!! 🙂
I believe we share many similar beliefs.
I believe I am older and crankier.
I believe in too many opinions.
I believe too many opinions clouds logic.
I believe social media can do more harm than good.
I believe PMS is affecting my beliefs.
I believe PMS doesn’t last forever.
I believe you’re not as old and cranky as you think you are.
I believe I’m blessed to have you as a friend.
I believe that family can help you up or slam you down.
I believe when you hurt my child it makes me angry.
I believe when I’m angry enough I want to move away.
I believe that always taking the higher road and being the better person is exhausting.
I believe today I am angry.
Check back tomorrow.
I believe your comment makes me want to give you a hug.
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I’m more like Fox Mulder. I want to believe… 🙂
(P.S. The truth is out there.)
Hahaha. I had a huge crush on Mulder when I was a teenager. I could never understand why Scully didn’t just get with the program.
Yeah, I thought Scully was pretty attractive too. Apparently the producers thought stringing the audience along would hold viewers better than letting the two characters get some requiting for their romance.
Oh… I have a non-snarky answer now, too:
I Believe what my Eyes can See
I Believe what my Heart can Feel
I Believe what my Mind can Understand
That is an amazing answer, Stephen. It looks like something that should be on a motivational poster somewhere.
I believe that you and I were destined to be friends.
I believe you’re right.