they added more obstacles like, “my past,” and “criticism,” and about
halfway through they gave me something brilliant: “Me. Myself. I have to
change myself. Right away.”
I later received letters from some of those kids. One of them said, “Before we
had that talk, even making it to 21 was hard to see in my future. But you gave
me hope.” Now I ask you, did I give him the hope? No! It came from him!
But he wrote, “You gave me hope that I can make it if I just follow those
steps.” That last part is so important. This is not just wishful thinking. It’s
giving somebody a process they can use, so that when the person who’s
giving them the attaboys isn’t there, they have the know-why, not just the
know-how to keep going.
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