Click on a title to either read or listen to the audio of the essays from This I Believe II. Most of the essays from the book are available online if you are unable to check out a copy at your campus library.
Robin Baudier: The Strange Blessing That Brought Me Home
Terry Ahwal: Finding the Strength to Fight Our Fears
Quique Aviles: I Will Take My Voice Back
Steve Banko: A 'Silent Night' That Brought Healing
Bob Barret: Living With Integrity
Amelia Baxter-Stoltzfus: Returning to What's Natural
Yasir Billoo: The Right to Be Fully American
Alice Brock: Making It Up As I Go Along
Brigid Daull Brockway: A Busybody's Guide to Improving the World
Davie Buetow: Teaching a Bad Dog New Tricks
Mary Chapin Carpenter: The Learning Curve of Gratitude
Jon Carroll: Failure Is a Good Thing
Betsy Chalmers: The Faith That Brings Me Peace
Christine Cleary: The Deeper Well of Memory
Corinne Colbert: A Marriage That's Good Enough
Wayne Coyne: Creating Our Own Happiness
Cortney Davis: A Way to Honor Life
Dennis Downey: We Never Go Away
Tamar Duke-Cohan: The Questions We Must Ask
Joel Engardio: Learning True Tolerance
Bela Fleck: Doing Things My Own Way
Robert Fulhum: Dancing All the Dances As Long As I Can
Michelle Gardner-Quinn: A Reverence For All Life
David Gessner: A Feeling of Wildness
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: All the Joy the World Contains
David Greenberger: As I Grow Old
Ernesto Haibi: Untold Stories of Kindness
Ivory Harlow: Peace Begins With One Person
Barbara Held: Combating the Tyranny of the Positive Attitude
Becky Herz: My Husband Will Call Me Tomorrow
Roald Hoffmann: The Tense Middle
Jeffrey Hollender: Living in the Here and Now
Jake Hovenden: Inner Strength from Desperate Times
Chris Huntington: Becoming a Parent Is a Gift
Alex Anderson: Finding Redemption Through Acceptance
Annaliese Jakimides: Paying Attention to the Silver Lining
Ann Karasinski: There Is No Blame, Only Love
Kevin Kelly: The Universe Is Conspiring to Help Us
Susan Cooke Kettredge: We All Need Mending
Martha Leathe: Telling Kids the Whole Truth
