WEBVTT 00:00:00.910 --> 00:00:01.534 Great. Ahem. 00:00:05.432 --> 00:00:05.882 Dear Lindsey, 00:00:06.232 --> 00:00:06.862 Dear Lilly, 00:00:07.082 --> 00:00:07.412 Dear 00:00:07.732 --> 00:00:09.252 Bunny from long, long ago 00:00:09.472 --> 00:00:10.528 Dear me, 00:00:10.768 --> 00:00:11.355 What's up? 00:00:11.755 --> 00:00:14.598 This is a letter from your much older, cooler, better dressed self. 00:00:14.898 --> 00:00:18.068 I remember being you and I remember it being really really difficult. 00:00:18.218 --> 00:00:19.858 You're worried about a lot of things right now. 00:00:19.858 --> 00:00:22.106 The coarse black hair, the yellow skin, 00:00:22.106 --> 00:00:23.757 Your grades, your body, 00:00:23.757 --> 00:00:24.932 falling in love, 00:00:24.932 --> 00:00:26.465 dating, your body, 00:00:26.465 --> 00:00:27.558 the color of our skin or 00:00:27.558 --> 00:00:29.118 not feeling blackadent. 00:00:29.248 --> 00:00:31.144 You don't feel like you fit in anywhere now, 00:00:31.144 --> 00:00:35.995 There was this one really mean girl who would just bully me constantly. 00:00:35.995 --> 00:00:39.193 Some of the people you thought were your friends are going to write mean things about you and lie. 00:00:39.193 --> 00:00:43.457 The ones that push you around and don't make time, treat other people poorly. 00:00:43.457 --> 00:00:44.522 Grrrrrarrrrrg! 00:00:44.522 --> 00:00:47.910 But I wanted them to like me and I wanted to be more like them. 00:00:47.910 --> 00:00:48.898 'I wish I could be like them' 00:00:48.898 --> 00:00:51.031 And it was just silly, because 00:00:51.031 --> 00:00:54.358 all those amazing different qualities you have, no one else has. 00:00:54.358 --> 00:00:56.378 Embrasse them, experience them. 00:00:56.378 --> 00:00:58.522 Don't follow the crowd and be who you want to be. 00:00:58.522 --> 00:01:01.681 Stop trying so hard to be someone you're not. 00:01:01.681 --> 00:01:03.126 Don't let anybody else 00:01:03.126 --> 00:01:05.697 try to bring you down or make you second-guess yourself. 00:01:05.697 --> 00:01:06.900 Stay who you are. 00:01:06.900 --> 00:01:10.130 It's ok to be different. It doesn't make you a bad person. 00:01:10.130 --> 00:01:15.183 There's not one person on the face of the planet who can replace YOU. 00:01:15.183 --> 00:01:17.844 You're gonna meet a version of yourself that you never knew existed. 00:01:17.844 --> 00:01:21.291 So don't stress out too much about how you look or how cool you are. 00:01:21.401 --> 00:01:23.809 Just go for it. Be unique. Yes! 00:01:24.069 --> 00:01:26.248 I mean look at you now, you're a huge weirdo, you're still different. 00:01:26.658 --> 00:01:27.879 People kinda like you! 00:01:27.929 --> 00:01:29.786 To go ahead, and mess up big. 00:01:29.786 --> 00:01:31.441 Failure is not the end of the world. 00:01:31.441 --> 00:01:33.456 Don't be afraid of being afraid. 00:01:33.456 --> 00:01:35.857 Just be strong and be confident. 00:01:35.857 --> 00:01:37.218 You are good enough. 00:01:37.218 --> 00:01:38.445 You always have been. 00:01:38.445 --> 00:01:41.564 You've got lots of energy, you're bursting with life. 00:01:41.564 --> 00:01:44.000 And you're gonna do whatever you want. 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.483 But I have to say, the most important thing, is to just have fun. 00:01:47.483 --> 00:01:48.711 Don't forget to laugh. 00:01:48.711 --> 00:01:49.917 Even with your braces. 00:01:49.917 --> 00:01:51.241 Confidence is key. 00:01:51.641 --> 00:01:52.845 You are unique. 00:01:52.845 --> 00:01:53.971 You are great. 00:01:53.971 --> 00:01:54.797 You are... 00:01:54.797 --> 00:01:56.363 You are 00:01:56.363 --> 00:01:57.297 Magical.