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.
