This I Believe: Life Lessons - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118481992 ISBN 13: 9781118481998

Publisher: Wiley, 2013

Synopsis

Inspiring life wisdom from people of all ages--based on the This I Believe radio program The popular This I Believe series, which has aired on NPR and on Bob Edwards' shows on Sirius XM Satellite and public radio, explores the personal beliefs and guiding principles by which Americans live today. This book brings together treasured life lessons of people from all walks of life. Whether it's learning the power of saying hello or how courage comes with practice, their intimate reflections will inspire, move, and encourage you. Filled with the valuable insights distilled from a wide range of personal experiences, This I Believe: Life Lessons is a perfect gift--for others or for yourself. Includes extraordinary essays written by "ordinary" people who share the story of an important lesson they have learned about life Shares a wide range of beliefs and experiences from a diverse group of contributors, including a physician, a roller derby queen, a corporate executive, and a homeless person Based on the popular This I Believe radio series and thisibelieve.org website No matter what your age or circumstances, this book will give you valuable food for thought and important new insights on how others have learned from life's challenges.

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"To hold this range of beliefs in the palm of your hand is as fine, as grounding, as it was hearing them first on the radio. Heartfelt, deeply cherished beliefs, doctrines for living (yet none of them doctrinaire). Ideas and ideals that nourish. You can see it in their faces, in the photos in this book. And read it in their words. I'm so proud that NPR helped carry this Edward R. Murrow tradition into a new century. And so glad to have it in print, to encounter again and again."--Susan Stamberg, special correspondent, National Public Radio "My father, Edward R. Murrow, said that "fresh ideas" from others helped him confront his own challenges. This superb collection of thought-provoking "This I Believe" essays, both from the new program heard on NPR and from the original 1950s series, provides fresh ideas for all of us!"--Casey Murrow, Elementary education publisher "Reading this gives me a feeling about this country I rarely get: a very visceral sense of all the different kinds " To hold this range of beliefs in the palm of your hand is as fine, as grounding, as it was hearing them first on the radio. Heartfelt, deeply cherished beliefs, doctrines for living (yet none of them doctrinaire). Ideas and ideals that nourish. You can see it in their faces, in the photos in this book. And read it in their words. I ' m so proud that NPR helped carry this Edward R. Murrow tradition into a new century. And so glad to have it in print, to encounter again and again. " -- Susan Stamberg, special correspondent, National Public Radio " My father, Edward R. Murrow, said that " fresh ideas " from others helped him confront his own challenges. This superb collection of thought-provoking This I Believe essays, both from the new program heard on NPR and from the original 1950s series, provides fresh ideas for all of us! " -- Casey Murrow, Elementary education publisher " Reading this gives me a feeling about this country I rarely get: a very visceral sense of all the different kinds of people who are living together here, with crazily different backgrounds and experiences and dreams. Like a Norman Rockwell painting where all the people happen to be real people, and all the stories are true. It makes me feel hopeful about America, reading this. Hopeful in a way that ' s in short supply lately. " -- Ira Glass, Producer and Host of This American Life " Now, as then, when Edward R. Murrowintroduced the idea of This I Believe, this forward-thinking compilation serves as a wonderful antidote to the cynicism of the age. " -- Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst, NPR, and former colleague of Edward R. Murrow " To hold this range of beliefs in the palm of your hand is as fine, as grounding, as it was hearing them first on the radio. Heartfelt, deeply cherished beliefs, doctrines for living (yet none of them doctrinaire). Ideas and ideals that nourish. You can see it in their faces, in the photos in this book. And read it in their words. I'm so proud that NPR helped carry this Edward R. Murrow tradition into a new century. And so glad to have it in print, to encounter again and again." -- Susan Stamberg, special correspondent, National Public Radio " My father, Edward R. Murrow, said that " fresh ideas" from others helped him confront his own challenges. This superb collection of thought-provoking "This I Believe" essays, both from the new program heard on NPR and from the original 1950s series, provides fresh ideas for all of us!" -- Casey Murrow, Elementary education publisher " Reading this gives me a feeling about this country I rarely get: a very visceral sense of all the different kinds of people who are living together here, with crazily different backgrounds and experiences and dreams. Like a Norman Rockwell painting where all the people happen to be real people, and all the stories are true. It makes me feel hopeful about America, reading this. Hopeful in a way that's in short supply lately." -- Ira Glass, Producer and Host of "This American Life""" " Now, as then, when Edward R. Murrow introduced the idea of "This I Believe," this forward-thinking compilation serves as a wonderful antidote to the cynicism of the age." -- Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst, NPR, and former colleagueof Edward R. Murrow

From the Back Cover:

The moving and powerful first-person essays in this book explore the core beliefs and guiding principles by which Americans live. Filled with valuable insights distilled from a wide range of personal experiences, This I Believe: Life Lessons is a perfect gift--for others or for yourself.

"The turning points in my life have not been the times I succeeded at something, but the times I've whispered, 'I'm lost, ' or 'Help me, ' or 'I need a friend.' I believe sometimes our vulnerability is our strength."
--Colin Bates, student and resident service assistant for people with mental disabilities

"I believe you need to listen, carefully, to hear your inner voice. And then you have to do what it says."
--Christine Todd Whitman, former governor of New Jersey and former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"I believe that saying no to some of life's shimmering pleasures buys me a moment of peace and a small sovereign patch where I can pause and ask what it is my heart truly desires. No is not deprivation, it's deliberation. No is not loss, it's freedom."
--Jessica Paris, educator

"I have seen time and time again that when people find their commonalities, they are more likely to come together and become friends, even under the most stressful conditions. This I believe."
--Sgt. Maj. Larry Chaston (Ret.), Vietnam and Afghanistan veteran, and engineer

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1118481992
• ISBN 13: 9781118481998
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Gediman Dan