{"id":749,"date":"2011-06-13T05:05:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T09:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=749"},"modified":"2011-06-10T19:04:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T23:04:37","slug":"some-things-i-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/06\/some-things-i-believe.html","title":{"rendered":"Some things I believe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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A Birth Certificate shows that we were born.<\/strong>
\nA Death Certificate shows that we died<\/strong>
\nPictures show that we live!<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"image029.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…<\/strong>
\nthat just because two people argue,<\/strong>
\nit doesn’t mean they don’t love each other;
\nand just because they don’t argue,
\nit doesn’t mean they do love each other.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image030.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat we don’t have to change friends <\/strong> <\/p>\n

if we understand that friends change.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"image031.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat no matter how good a friend is,
\nthey’re going to hurt you,
\nevery once in a while;
\nand you must forgive them for that.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image032.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat true friendship continues to grow,
\neven over the longest distance.<\/strong>
\nThe same applies to true love.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image033.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat you can do something in an instant
\nthat will give you heartache for life.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image034.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat it’s taking me a long time
\nto become the person I want to be.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image035.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat you should always leave loved ones with loving words.<\/strong>
\nIt may be the last time you see them.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image036.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat you can keep going long after you think you can’t.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image037.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nThat we are responsible for what
\nwe do, no matter how we feel.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image038.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat either you control your attitude <\/strong> <\/p>\n

or it controls you.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"image039.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe….
\nthat heroes are the people
\nwho do what has to be done
\nwhen it needs to be done,<\/strong>
\nregardless of the consequences.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image040.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe….
\nthat my friends and I<\/strong>
\ncan do anything or nothing
\nand have the best time<\/strong>..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image041.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nThat sometimes people you may expect to kick you when you’re<\/strong> <\/p>\n

down will be the ones to help you get back up<\/strong>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"image042.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat sometimes when I’m angry
\nI have the right to be angry, but that
\ndoesn’t give me the right to be cruel.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image043.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nThat maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had
\nand what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image044.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nThat it isn’t always enough,
\nto be forgiven by others.<\/strong>
\nSometimes, you have to learn
\nto forgive yourself.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image045.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nThat no matter how bad
\nyour heart is broken,<\/strong>
\nthe world doesn’t stop for your grief.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image046.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nThat our background and circumstances
\nmay have influenced who we are; but,
\nwe are responsible for who we become.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image047.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat you shouldn’t be
\nso eager to find out a secret.
\nIt could change your life forever.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image048.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nTwo people can look at the exact same
\nthing and see something totally different.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image049.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat your life can be changed
\nin a matter of hours
\nby people who don’t even know you.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image050.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat even when you think
\nyou have no more to give,
\nwhen a friend cries out to you,
\nyou will find the strength to help.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image051.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat credentials on the wall
\ndo not make you a decent human being.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image052.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat the people you care about
\nmost in life are taken from you too soon.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"image053.jpg@01CBBBD1.236BFDF0\"<\/td>\nI Believe…
\nthat you should know that God loves you no matter how much you feel you have failed or how successful you become<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything;
\nThey just make the most of everything they have.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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