On the dusk of the last day of 2017, many people will reflect on what
they have accomplished over the past year. Others may focus on what
they will change, in their daily routines for the New Year. How many
people do you know, that will pledge to do something as a resolution and
never have a chance to succeed?
With 52 weeks in a year, what could you do every week at least once, for a few hours? Or what could you do on a daily basis that changes your life forever? There is a different opportunity for each person to choose. Regardless of your place in life, your country, economic situation or remaining days on Earth, you can make a choice.
The choice you make is a decision. A decision based upon experience, current conditions, future expectations or available data. When you arrive at that point, to make a decision to rise early and take a run or a ride, or to write a blog post, or to hug your trusted loved one at least once each day, you are well on your way.
"This I Believe, Inc., was founded in 2004 as an independent, not-for-profit organization that engages youth and adults from all walks of life in writing, sharing, and discussing brief essays about the core values that guide their daily lives.
This I Believe is based on a 1950s radio program of the same name, hosted by acclaimed journalist Edward R. Murrow. Each day, Americans gathered by their radios to hear compelling essays from the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller, and Harry Truman as well as corporate leaders, cab drivers, scientists, and secretaries—anyone able to distill into a few minutes the guiding principles by which they lived. These essayists’ words brought comfort and inspiration to a country worried about the Cold War, McCarthyism, and racial division.
In reviving This I Believe, executive producer Dan Gediman said, “The goal is not to persuade Americans to agree on the same beliefs. Rather, the hope is to encourage people to begin the much more difficult task of developing respect for beliefs different from their own.”
Maybe this is the year, you will write your own "This I Believe" essay. The outcomes may surprise you. The focus for this next year may now become 20/20 in the clarity of your vision. Yet there is an opportunity to go further. Make a decision to share this essay with others you care about. Ask others to share their own "This I Believe" with you. Why?
Transparency is vital to building trust with others. At the root of making a Decision to Trust is transparency of data, information, emotions, behavior and clarity of purpose. Why you make a decision to write and share your "This I Believe" with others, is a TrustDecision.
Embark on your journey ahead. Start with a clear and substantial purpose, where you have been and where you are going in life. Open your heart to others and share your beliefs. Forgiveness is a decision. It is the decision to offer grace, not to demand justice.
You now have 52 weeks ahead this year, to create and to produce, according to your core beliefs.
Godspeed...
With 52 weeks in a year, what could you do every week at least once, for a few hours? Or what could you do on a daily basis that changes your life forever? There is a different opportunity for each person to choose. Regardless of your place in life, your country, economic situation or remaining days on Earth, you can make a choice.
The choice you make is a decision. A decision based upon experience, current conditions, future expectations or available data. When you arrive at that point, to make a decision to rise early and take a run or a ride, or to write a blog post, or to hug your trusted loved one at least once each day, you are well on your way.
"This I Believe" are 3 powerful words when you embark on this journey ahead. Who you are and what you believe as an individual, will have a substantial impact and influence on your future decisions.This I Believe exists for those who have made a decision of transparency. A way for us as individuals, to describe our essence as a human being and who we are:
"This I Believe, Inc., was founded in 2004 as an independent, not-for-profit organization that engages youth and adults from all walks of life in writing, sharing, and discussing brief essays about the core values that guide their daily lives.
This I Believe is based on a 1950s radio program of the same name, hosted by acclaimed journalist Edward R. Murrow. Each day, Americans gathered by their radios to hear compelling essays from the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Helen Keller, and Harry Truman as well as corporate leaders, cab drivers, scientists, and secretaries—anyone able to distill into a few minutes the guiding principles by which they lived. These essayists’ words brought comfort and inspiration to a country worried about the Cold War, McCarthyism, and racial division.
In reviving This I Believe, executive producer Dan Gediman said, “The goal is not to persuade Americans to agree on the same beliefs. Rather, the hope is to encourage people to begin the much more difficult task of developing respect for beliefs different from their own.”
Maybe this is the year, you will write your own "This I Believe" essay. The outcomes may surprise you. The focus for this next year may now become 20/20 in the clarity of your vision. Yet there is an opportunity to go further. Make a decision to share this essay with others you care about. Ask others to share their own "This I Believe" with you. Why?
Transparency is vital to building trust with others. At the root of making a Decision to Trust is transparency of data, information, emotions, behavior and clarity of purpose. Why you make a decision to write and share your "This I Believe" with others, is a TrustDecision.
Embark on your journey ahead. Start with a clear and substantial purpose, where you have been and where you are going in life. Open your heart to others and share your beliefs. Forgiveness is a decision. It is the decision to offer grace, not to demand justice.
You now have 52 weeks ahead this year, to create and to produce, according to your core beliefs.
Godspeed...
