I Believe in the Importance of Family.
Lindsi’s “This I Believe” essay
Lindsi is a 16 year old junior at Charlotte High School. She is an incredible writer that has a lot she wants to share. Here’s Lindsi with her speech on Family.
I believe in the importance of family. I think that without family you are not whole. It is like a puzzle. Without that one piece, the puzzle doesn’t make complete sense. When you have family, you have a complete puzzle and suddenly everything makes more sense. My family and I don’t share only blood, we also share friendship. We are friends. We care about each other and not just because we are related and share the same blood. It is because we care about one another.
Family can also boost your self-esteem. When my self-esteem is low and I feel like I have no one else to turn to, I have your family. I know that my family will always love me for me and not the things that I do. I come home from having a bad day and I feel like everything is just going wrong. I feel like I do not know if things are going to get better. When I have days like these I go in and talk to my sister. She usually always gives me hope for what my purpose is and how much I mean to everyone. Other times I wait until my mom gets home from work and I will go and talk to her about my day. She always knows just what to say to make me smile. She is not trying to make me smile for her but for myself. She cares about me. She does not want me to get down on myself. She will usually tell me something good about myself. I end up thinking about it and suddenly I realize how easy I have it. And it’s like out of no where, I am feeling better about myself. It’s an amazing feeling to know that someone else cares about you. That you can always count on them being there for you. I believe in the importance of family.
My family and I have unconditional love for one another. That means that no matter what happens, we will always love each other. Even if we get angry at that person, we will still love them. It’s a love where I can make decisions without worrying too much on if I will be judged by my family or not. I know that at the end of the day, they will love me just the same and I vise versa. It’s a love that allows you to have complete trust in that person. Having unconditional love for somebody brings you two together in a way that you have never experienced before. It’s an unexplainable relationship between you and that person. I believe in the importance of family.
Family is there for me in all aspects. They are there when the world turns its back on me. When I feel that, I can not go on any longer. It’s something that I would not trade in a million years. I would not change anything about my family because they are unique. They are something I feel the need to have around me at all times possible. My family also gives me encouragement. When I can’t make a decision on what to wear or how old I should be to get married, they are there. They give me all of the information and opinions that I need. They tell me that it is up to me but they also tell me what they would do in a situation like the one that I am in. No matter what, my family is the most important thing in the world to me. I believe in the importance of family.
The reason why family is the most important thing to me is that they are “my everything”. They are in my thoughts every minute of everyday. They help me with decisions. They help me with my self esteem level and how to keep my head high because there is always something better coming along. They have taught me everything that I need to know. From how to tie my shoe to how to spend my money and even to what kind of lifestyle I want my own family, one day, to have. Family is the most amazing gift that anyone can ever give you. No one can take that away. I believe in the importance of family.
That was Lindsi with her speech on about/ on family.
This Charlotte High School edition of “This I Believe” was inspired by the original “This I Believe” series from NPR.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Dear Lindsi,
I really enjoyed you blog, at first I was a bit worried that it would be boring because I was like who can write so much about family? Because I know that I can’t. Anyways I really enjoyed your message, “I Believe in the Impotance of Family.” I do also but it seems to me as if your really close with your family and I think that’s a good thing, I am the same way my family is important to me. And just like you said, “My family and I don’t share only blood, we also share friendship.” My family and I are also more than blood they are my life and also my friends I can talk to them just as if they wer emy age and tell them anything although I hesitate sometimes because I feel like they would judge the things that I do or the person that I have become but in the end they don’t they are there for me and I am there for them. Another thing that stood out to me was when you said,”She usually always gives me hope for what my purpose is and how much I mean to everyone.” I thimk that is great that you have a good relationship with your sister, I think that you should be glad that you have one. If I had a sister I would like to have a bond with her so that I can tell her things that I would never tell anyone else.
Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next, because your writing was really interesting and a great topic that I can relate to in some ways.
March 29th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Dear Lindsi,
I like your message about “Importance of Family ” because I feel the same way you do about family no matter what happens they are there for you even if you did somethng wrong they still be there and that is how it suppose to be .
One sentence that you wrote that stands out to me is ” The reason why family is the most important thing to me is that they are “my everything” I think is so right because your family is almost everyone everything but there is people who don’t feel like that about their families .
Another sentence that stood out to me is “My family and I have unconditional love for one another.”I feel the same way about my family no matter what they do I still be there for them .Your story reminds me of something I wrote onetime about my family and how I felt about them.
Thanks for your writing .I look forward to seeing what you write next time because this one was good maybe next time it be something else I could relate to .
March 29th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Dear Sir or Madam,
I read this blog and I enjoyed reading this. It really spoke to me. I like the first paragraph when you spoke about the way people laugh. All people sound different and in a way it is so funny others laugh, feel me? One sentence that stood out to me is “Laughter is something that comes naturally and is hard to fake.” This sounds very true because it can’t be impossible to fake a laugh.. well unless it is sarcastic. Another one that stood out to me is “Laughter is a beautiful thing and without laughter my world would be a dark place.” I agree to the fullest. I like the funny and the ha ha ha. I think without laughter our world will be plain. I agree with you on this and I hope to see you write again. You will hear from me again.
Digital Voices
March 29th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I agree that family is very important. I feel like family should be before everything, nomatter what. I’ve also learned everything I know from my family. To me that’s all I really care about is family.
March 29th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
I really liked your piece because it was a very interesting topic. Just like you I love to laugh and have fun. I can’t live with out laughing. I have to laugh everyday because without it i think you’ll have a crappy day.
March 29th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Dear Lindsi,
I like your essay alot. I think it was very interesting to read. I agree with you when you said without a family you are not a whole. cause when im not with my family sometimes i feel different i feel like there a part of me that is missing.
March 29th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Lindsi,
I also believe that family is a very important part in everyones life. Without family, you cannot learn everything about love and friendship.
March 29th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Lindsi,
Very very true family is very important. I dont know what I would do If I didnt have family there to support me.
-Sl
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:11 am
Yes, I agree family is very important but not everyone’s family is going to be like that. I do see where you are going with the importance of family.
March 26th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Family is really important to me and I don’t know what I would do without them. I like how you shown that the things we do for are family are really for the otehr person not for are own self glory or for awards, it is to make the other people feel better and the only thing we need is there love.