I think I can. . .

how to get even better

I know myself well enough

to know that I do better

if “I think I can. . .”

if I get enough support, encouragement, applause

for how well I’m already doing,

that support empowers me to do even better,

I hear of others who need the goad of failure

so that then they can redouble their efforts

and break through the wall into success,

I teach very much by 

identifying, acknowledging, supporting

the strength of the student’s foundation,

the rightness of their steps forward,

I support the actor and her/his ability

to engage and persevere into success,

I know no other way in my heart.

by Henry H. Walker

July 22, ‘16