Do I Believe?

In my opinion, there is no real free will, but there is also no destiny. I believe that every little choice we make determines the larger choices given to us. For instance, if we choose to eat breakfast, it will effect what other choices are given to us and how we respond to them. if we choose to eat a waffle or an apple, it changes how we feel that day, and what happens later on. IF you have ever seen the movie The Butterfly Effect, that is pretty much what i picture life being like. that if we chose to do one small thing differently, if could change our entire lives.
i also believe that DNA and our environment also have a lot to do with our lives and what happens. Simply because you cant live a life not in your environment or family. so if there is one of these ideas that i believe in it would be determinism because it seems to most closely relate to my previous thoughts of life.

3) What does the Cathedral symbolize?

In this short, the cathedral is a very strong symbol. This symbol represents togetherness, simply because it brings this blind man and his awkward accomplice together. This show represents a barrior between the two men because of ones ability to see it and the others lack of. The blind man cannot see the catherdral simply through hearing about its many wonderful features, the narrator must work with him, drawing this catherdral together to make the man understand. in this way the cathedral makes the narrator understand the blind man, and brings the two men together in a way nothing else possibly could have.

This I Believe...Revised

If there is one thing I believe in, its doctors. And I'm not saying that I always believe doctors, nor that anyone should, I'm just saying that I believe in these mystical people and the things they do for everyone, everywhere. These people who dedicate their lives to the lives of others, and ask for little in return, simply your trust.

The human body is so complex and it is astonishing that we can know so much about ourselves. We know of thousands of diseases that affect millions of people everywhere, and we even know how to treat or even cure some of these illnesses. I never thought doctors really deserved all the respect given to them, that is until my sister got sick. She was diagnosed with MS about 2 years ago and that was just the beginning

I trusted the people who took care of my sister, I believed in them which led me to believe them. When the doctors said the her hip bones were dying I thought that was impossible, but since I had such a firm belief in these people, I believed what the were telling me. If the doctors said they were dying it had to be so. The doctors went in with drills and put holes into her bones, hoping this would reinstate blood flow, they believed it would work, so I believed it would work. Unfortunately, it didn't. However, I didn't loose hope. Their next option was to completely remove the dead bones and replace it with a ceramic substitute. I continued to believe, and this time it paid off. She had both hips removed and replaced, and now she can stand, walk, and even chase her three year old child around her house.

Despite the fact that her need for new bones came from the steroids used to control part of her disease, I knew that the benefits outweighed the risk, and admire the people who were brave enough to decide something like that. I believed in my sisters doctors, and I believe that my belief helped everyone to overcome the challenges involved, and come out a better person and a better doctor.

This I Believe...

People are complex, and its a fact that we are always learning more about "us." There are millions of people everywhere that's sole purpose it to contribute information about none other than ourselves. Its amazing that people know how they work when they are healthy, let alone when they are not. The fact that people know what all these disease's do, and in some cases how to treat or even cure them is something I will always admire. And I have come to believe in these people more and more as I have come to see what amazing things they do. And when I found out that my sister was sick with a chronic illness, I came to see that even though there was no cure, there were ways to treat it and slow the progression. When my sister became to feel discomfort and pain in her hips, doctors said that the bones were dying. When I heard this is I was surprised that bones could die. But I soon learned that they could, and not only that, but came to believe that my sister were. Doctors drilled holes in her hip to try to reinstate blood flow and save the bones. These doctors tried to save the bones, but that doesn't mean that they succeeded. Soon after, she underwent her second surgery, and this time they were no longer trying to save the bones, they replaced them with a ceramic substitute. This procedure had to be done on both of her hips, and will need to be repeated every 25 years. This saddens me because I will have to see her go through this pain many times, but on the other hand, I love seeing her walk, chase her child around her house, even stand, because a 26 year old woman does not deserve to be confined to a wheel chair. And when I look at these events, one thing is clear, and that is not only that we as people are complicated, but it makes me deeply admire those people who have spent their life trying to improve the lives of others. So if there is one thing I believe in, its the people who help other people, the people who cure, treat, and create hope for those men and women in hospitals all around the world who think that hope has run out.

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