Each of you has a big beautiful barbaric "YAWP" inside of you, but did you shout it out today?
Did you have an opportunity and thought, "not here, not now. What if they laugh at me? What if they make fun of me?"
Perhaps you didn't even get that far. Perhaps your internal voice has beat you down for so long, has been so relentless that you don't even consider that you are capable of a mighty barbaric yawp. You are, I believe in you. I have seen a yawp in you. Some may be loud while others speak in a whisper, but they are there. They will come forth when called upon. You each have something special to contribute, the yawp is just another part of your "verse".
Say to the world, "HERE I AM"! Tell it to yourself, each day, at morning or night. In the classroom or athletic field. Speak it softly at first perhaps, and then with more confidence. Soon you may shout it out! And I, I will be here to listen.
Mr. B