This I Believe
By: Rachel Moore
I believe in fear and the decision to be afraid. The harsh cold nights that make you for cover under
the weighted down comforter. I believe in the hollowing wind that slaps against your window with such
ferocity that you feel like it’ll break your window open. I believe in the words people use to cut others
down to make them bigger, and the crime that circulates in the world, making it impossible for me
to sleep at night. I believe in the reality of the world that seems to sneak its way into everybody’s life,
but most of all I believe that many people deserve a chance to forget about reality for a while and be at
peace.
I believe in the contagious laughter of children. With their toothless smile and joyous noise comes out
and fills the air with happiness. I believe dancing like no one is watching, and laughing at how silly you
know it looks when you are dancing. I believe in the books that seduce you with their words of wisdom
and fantasy. I believe in road trips, and memories that many will have forever. When those warm sunny
days with the sun in high in the sky, and it warms your face with it’s vitamin D, and when you smile in
the wind because the day seems to lift your spirits just a bit higher. I believe in playing with puppies,
and wanting to buy them all in one go, and never regretting the decision to do so. I believe in impulsion decisions, and forgiveness for all the wrong in the world.
I believe in loving unconditionally, and never giving up on your dreams. When things get hard, you
stick to them and work past the struggles that hold you down the most. I believe in feeling like life is
literally drowning you, and possibly not getting back up. I believe that people don’t really know what
they’re worth, and possibly never reaching their potential. I believe in never reaching their goal and
being beaten down so bad that maybe, you don’t want to get back up.
But with not getting back up, means to give up, and I believe in being so beaten down, that you physically cant get back up anymore. I believe in being strong enough to survive the outside world, but most
of all I believe in the fear that the world creates.