This I Believe
This I Believe is independently produced by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory, and Viki Merrick. Our new book This I Believe Volume Two collecting 75 essays from the series is now available from the NPR Shop and from npr.org/ thisibelieve.I believe in adaptation.
I believe in the silver lining.
I believe that being flexible keeps me going.
I believe every single person deserves to be acknowledged.
This I Believe.
Our This I Believe essay today is a bit unusual, it was written by a six-year-old, Tarak Mclain, who’s now the grader age of seven, wrote about his beliefs last year when he was in kindergarten in Austen, Texas. Here is our series curator, independent producer, Jay Allison.
I met Tarak Mclain a few months ago at This I Believe book reading when he handed me his list of a hundred beliefs. He read them for the hundredth day of kindergarten when all the kids were asked bringing a hundred things. Others brought in cotton balls, or pecans, or chervils. Tarak brought beliefs, he said his mother helped him think about them but all the words are his. He agreed to shorten the list to thirty for the radio, asked me if he wrote the original list quickly or if he had to think pretty hard.
I’d think pretty hard. For everyday I did two hours of it and then and all those six hours.
Was it pretty different from what the other kids did?
Yes, a lot different.
Well, let’s just start right of the top, take your time and read every one of them.
OK. Start?
Yeah.
I believe life is good. I believe god is in everything. I believe for all equal. I believe we can help people. I believe everyone is weird on their own way. I believe hate is a cause for love. I believe that when I meditate I feel peaceful. I believe I should, 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 * one. 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 the 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 *. I believe war should stop. I believe we can make peace.
Tarak Mclain with his essay for This I Believe. Tarak tries to live some of his beliefs, he begs up food to carry in a car to give the homeless people and has raised money for causes he cares about.
I’ve had two fund raises already. One of them was for a school in Thailand. We raised about 350 dollars for it. And then the other one was for Hondo School. We saw toys, cloths and stuffed animals.
If you want to see photos of Tarak and his fund-raising events, or if you want to submit your own essay, no matter what your age, visit npr.org/ thisibelieve.
Jay Allison is coeditor with Dan Gediman, John Gregory, and Viki Merrick of the book This I Believe Volume Two, more personal philosophies of remarkable men and women.
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