"What is the most frustrating thing about writing to you? -Sydney Norris"

The Most Frustrating Thing About Writing? 

When I write I can write for days about something. I connect a lot of my writings to situations I have been in. The most frustrating part is finding the topic to write about. I prefer for my instructor to give me a topic to write about. The reason being is because I like and prefer to have somewhere to start off, kind of like an idea. So, I do not feel stranded right out the gate on my writing. Although if I was given a writing assignment that says, “Write about anything you want to write about.” First in this situation I would panic slightly but I would not just freak out and not do the paper. First, I would try come up with the topic on my own. Secondly, if that does not seem to work, I will use other ways I was taught in class to come up with my topic. Lastly, I can go to the instructor, family, or friends for ideas and brainstorm on a topic.  

Why I Hold The Belief I Hold? -Sydney Norris

Why I Hold The Belief I Hold 

By: Sydney Norris  

Some people are fortunate enough to have their mom and dad growing up. For me growing up I barely had my mom and my dad was my best friend and we did everything together. My parents argued everyday they were married because my mom never really cared to do anything besides lay in the bed. When I was twelve my parents decided to get a divorce. About the next three years after that day I didn’t know how hard life for me was going to be. Two weeks after my parents' divorce was final my mom lost her job and my dad already had a girlfriend. My mom started going into decline even more. It was hard watching my mom be depressed. Then me and my dad got robbed a couple months after and I had to go with my dad to move in with his girlfriend. Shortly after that I found out my mom was on drugs. In finding that out I went and told my dad. My mom wouldn’t stop taking drugs, so I took her to court at fourteen and my dad got full custody. That day was one of the hardest days of my life. Next thing I knew my mom moved to Ohio and left me and at the same time my dad transferred me to a different school. The whole time my mom was gone I cried every night for months.  My dad and now the lady that is my stepmom started taking me to church. I felt peace the more and more I went. I started falling in love with feeling the presence of God. My belief is in Jesus Christ and the holy spirit. My mom is now a recovered addict and a better mom than ever before. It was tough going through everything I went through, but I am thankful I did. It was because everything I went through with my mom; I have the great relationship I have with my savior. 

"This I Believe" -Sydney Norris

Finding Freedom In Forgiveness  

Jennifer Thompson-Cannino & Ronald Cotton 

Jennifer was raped by a man and she assumed the man was Ronald Cotton. Ronald was put in prison, he served eleven years, during that time he knew he had never done what people said he did. When Cotton was taken out of prison and was found wrongly accused Jennifer was so beaten up that she had chosen the wrong person. When she asked Ronald to forgive her, he said “I had forgiven you a long time ago.” Ronald had also said “The whole time I was in prison I could have let my hate consume me and could have hated everyone for putting me there. I didn’t I choose to stay free in my heart and that was only a choice I could make.” This later taught Jennifer to forgive the man who raped her because she didn’t want to be a prisoner of her own hatred. So, Jennifer and Ronald believe in not hating but by finding peace in forgiveness.  

"This I Believe" -Sydney Norris

Our Awareness Controls Human Destiny 

Margaret Mead 

Margaret Mead wrote an essay about human beings of how she believes their destinies are controlled. Secondly, she believes we are brought into this world at a specific period for a specific purpose. She believes how they are raised can make the decision of how much good or evil they will consume in their mind. Mead also believes that our future depends on the technology that we have today. That not only these technologies will shape our future but will shape our minds to be more advanced.