Weekend Edition Sunday, January 18, 2009 ·

I believe life is good.

I believe God is in everything.

I believe we're all equal.

I believe we can help people.

I believe everyone is weird in their own way.

I believe hate is a cause for love.

I believe that when I meditate I feel peaceful.

I believe we should be generous.

I believe brothers and sisters should be kind to each other.

I believe kids should respect their parents.

I believe I should not whine.

I believe people should wake up early.

I believe people should go outside more.

I believe in nature.

I believe people should use less trees.

I believe we should help the Arctic and rainforest animals.

I believe people shouldn't throw litter on the ground.

I believe people should not smoke.

I believe God is in good and bad.

I believe in magic.

I believe people should not give up.

I believe love is everywhere.

I believe that God helps us to have a good time.

I believe we live best in a community.

I believe we can protect people in danger.

I believe we should help the poor.

I believe it's OK to die but not to kill.

I believe war should not have started.

I believe war should stop.

I believe we can make peace.

Independently produced for Weekend Edition Sunday by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory and Viki Merrick.

This List of 30 beliefs was written by a six year old boy named Tarak McLain from Austin Texas as part of a kindergarten class assignment. The original list was of one hundred things he believes in, but it was shortened to fit the time space of the show called “This I Believe” on NPR.

To find out more about this amazing boy, Google NPR This I Believe and look for “Thirty Things I Believe.” From this site you can also get the shows podcast and you can head Tarak read his list.

I think I will make this an assignment of my own. In the next few days I think I’ll come up with a list of my own. Maybe I’ll keep it a bit shorter, though. Ten or twenty things that I believe in.

If you want to do this also, let me know. I’d love to read what y’all have to say.

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