Desiree Eroy-Reveles age 15

迪絲瑞·伊羅·雷維利斯15歲

I AM CONVINCED that the most important law in my life is to have faith: faith in God， faith in my family， faith in humanity， and most of all faith in myself. With faithgreat thingshappen. Faith brings love， trust， and confidence in my life.To lose faith is to feel lost and alone.To have faith is to believe that I have a purpose and that I can achieve.

I have faith in God.Having faith in God is very important to me， because good things happen if you believe.For example， when I was little my mom and I were in a car accident.We were pinned in our car while it was going across the highway and into a deep ditch.I prayed and the car stopped short of the ditch.I prayed that my mom was okay because the car crashed on her side.She was okay though she injured her leg and was in a wheelchair for a few months.I felt so alone and unable to help myself or my mom.However， God sent us an angel.I saw my babysitter coming toward our wreck.I was so thankful to God that she was there to take care of me and my sisters while my mom was taken to the hospital.Faith in God gave me the courage to believe that everything would be okay.Faith in God makes you feel brave even though the situation might be very scary.Having faith in God gives me guidance to go beyond my normal limits.

I have faith in my family.To have faith in my family is to have an army to fight for you.My mother，sisters，cousins， stepfather， aunts， uncles， and grandmother all are there for me. As a family， I can count on all of them to help me make it through the rough times.We are strong because we are together.When I was a baby my father left our family and this was very difficult for everyone.We all learned to accept the situation.Instead of being depressed and feeling sorry for ourselves，my mother went to school to become a bilingual teacher; both of my sisters had to become very responsible at a young age to take care of me and themselves.I have much respect and love for my family.My faith in them grows stronger each day because they help me so much!

I have faith in humanity.I have faith that justice will be done though the world is full of violence and misunderstanding.I have faith that our world will find harmony and seek peaceful resolutions.The Moslems and Jewish people are trying to have peace as neighbors.Though my high school is very racially mixed， we try to respect each others' differences and become one Oceanside family.I love the ethnic groups and how we learn about customs and cultures.I have faith that the human race will realize that life is precious and that war does not solve problems.

I have faith in myself.I believe that if I put my mind to do something， pray for God's guidance， and work very hard for what I really want， I can reach that goal. Recently I failed my biology class.My mother said that I would have to give up my dance' practices to study more.I convinced her and my counselor， who wanted to put me in a general science class， that I would work harder and improve my grade. So after concentrating more on biology and making time for studying， I have brought my grade up to a B. If I did not have faith in myself I would have taken the easier class， but I stayed in biology.Now， I want to improve all my grades so that I can take tennis classes in the summer.I have faith in myself that I can put more time in my studies.I will work harder so I can do better in my grades.I have faith in myself so I know I can accomplish my goals.

Having faith is the most important law in my life.Faith in God， faith in family， faith in humanity and faith in myself will lead me to a good future.Nothing great was ever achieved without faith.As the old song goes:

Have faith， Our motto is... have faith， and you won't miss

a life of HAPPINESS when you're young remember... HAVE FAITH!!!

我相信在我的生活中，最重要的法則是要有信念：相信上帝、相信家庭、相信人性，而且，重要的是要相信自己。有信念，就會(huì)有成就。信念會(huì)帶來(lái)愛(ài)、信任和對(duì)生活的信心。沒(méi)有信念，就會(huì)感到迷茫和孤獨(dú)。有信念就等于相信自己有目標(biāo)并且能實(shí)現(xiàn)。

我信仰上帝。在我看來(lái)，這一點(diǎn)很重要，因?yàn)槿绻阈叛錾系?，你就?huì)事事順利。比方說(shuō)，我小的時(shí)候，我和媽媽出過(guò)一次車(chē)禍，我們開(kāi)著車(chē)橫穿公路時(shí)，遇到麻煩，車(chē)往大深溝里開(kāi)去。我祈禱著，車(chē)在不到深溝的地方停了下來(lái)；我祈禱著，希望媽媽不出什么意外，因?yàn)檐?chē)是撞在她那邊的。雖然媽媽的腿傷了，坐了幾個(gè)月輪椅，但問(wèn)題不大。我當(dāng)時(shí)感到很孤單，既不能幫自己，又不能幫媽媽?？墒牵系劢o我們派來(lái)了天使，我看到保姆來(lái)到我們出事的地點(diǎn)，我真的感謝上帝，在媽媽被送往醫(yī)院的時(shí)候，有保姆照料我和姐姐們。信仰上帝會(huì)使你有勇氣相信事事都會(huì)順利；信仰上帝使我在處境可能極為可怕的時(shí)候，也感到很勇敢；信仰上帝能使我得到指引而且超常發(fā)揮。

我相信我的家庭。相信家人就等于有一支部隊(duì)為你作戰(zhàn)。我有媽媽、姐姐、堂表兄弟姊妹、繼父、姑姑、姨姨、叔叔、舅舅，還有祖母。作為一個(gè)家庭，我可以指望他們大家助我一臂之力，度過(guò)難關(guān)。因?yàn)閳F(tuán)結(jié)在一起，我們很強(qiáng)大。在我還是個(gè)小嬰兒的時(shí)候，我爸爸就離開(kāi)了家，當(dāng)時(shí)誰(shuí)都難以接受，但我們都學(xué)會(huì)了接受現(xiàn)實(shí)，我媽媽沒(méi)有消沉，沒(méi)有為我們自己感到難過(guò)，而是去學(xué)校當(dāng)了一名雙語(yǔ)教師，我的兩個(gè)姐姐很小就擔(dān)負(fù)起照顧我和她們自己的責(zé)任。我對(duì)家人充滿(mǎn)敬意和愛(ài)，相信他們，我每天都會(huì)變得更強(qiáng)壯，因?yàn)樗麄儗?duì)我的幫助確實(shí)很大很大!

我相信人性。我相信雖然人世間充滿(mǎn)暴力和誤解，但最終會(huì)有公道；我相信我們的世界將會(huì)得到和諧、找到和平相處的辦法；伊斯蘭教徒和猶太教徒正努力與鄰居們和睦共處。雖然我們學(xué)校是各人種混合的大集體，但我們彼此力圖尊敬各方面的差異，成為一個(gè)越洋大家庭。我愛(ài)那些少數(shù)民族的人，并喜歡了解他們的文化習(xí)俗。我相信人類(lèi)會(huì)明白生命是寶貴的，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)解決不了問(wèn)題。

我相信自己。我堅(jiān)信如果自己下決心要做什么，企求上帝給以指引，并為自己想得到的一切付出努力的話(huà)，我就能達(dá)到目標(biāo)。最近，我生物考試不及格，媽媽說(shuō)我得把練舞蹈的事停了，好多看書(shū)學(xué)習(xí)。我說(shuō)服了她和那個(gè)要把我放到普通理科班的顧問(wèn)，使他們相信我會(huì)更用功，把成績(jī)提高。之后，我用在生物課的精力和時(shí)間多了，成績(jī)提高到B等。如果我不相信自己，我早就選了更容易的課了，可我還呆在生物班?，F(xiàn)在，我要把各門(mén)課的成績(jī)都提高，以便暑假時(shí)上網(wǎng)球?qū)W習(xí)班。我相信自己能把更多的時(shí)間用到功課上，我將更加用功，好提高學(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)；我相信自己，所以知道一定會(huì)實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)。

有信念是我生活中最重要的法則。只要相信上帝、相信家庭、相信人性、相信自己就能有美好的未來(lái)。偉大的成就沒(méi)有信念是不能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。正如一首老歌中唱到的一樣：

有信念，我們的座右銘是……有信念，幸福的生活

在向你招手，年輕時(shí)，你要記住……有信念!!!