Interested in personal beliefs? If you are, there is a website on the Internet that is a database for thousands of essays about personal belief, that are submitted daily. This web page is simply called "This I believe."
While browsing through this website, I noticed the variety of people that had submitted essays was very diverse. People of all ages, race, and religious background had submitted essays about things that they personally believe. Something that I really liked about this website, was that I noticed some of the people who had submitted essays, were famous. Penn Gillete, one of the members of the comedy and magic show duo, Penn and Teller, was one of them. There were also a few other people such as musicians, former athletes, and other famous people that wrote beliefs that you might find interesting.
In class, we were asked to do a writing assignment about an experience in our lives in which the outcome from that experience generated out our own personal belief. It is an interesting assignment that I am still currently working on. At first, when I read the directions to the assignment I thought to myself, "Ugh.. I don't think I have any personal beliefs, or even an interesting experience to write about." I was stumped for a bit until I brainstormed for a while and it helped me remember a few things that had happened when I was younger. I came up with my topic soon after and began drafting my essay.
The ideas and the inspiration I got from the "This I believe" website really helped me with my essay. This would be why I encourage people to check out that website. I have posted a link below to the THIS I BELIEVE database. Even if it's not for an assignment purpose, it is a very interesting website that you should check out. http://thisibelieve.org/
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