^M00:00:07 >> Ah! Yo, yo, yo, hey, hey, hey, what's happening? What's happening? What's happening? Jason Reynolds, and here we are again back for another edition of the Write. Right. Rite. All right, now today, I want to show you all something. This is a very special thing to me. This is a letter from Langston Hughes. Now he did not write it to me, that this is an actual letter he wrote to a fan who had actually reached out to him to ask him questions about his work. Can you imagine what it must be like to receive a letter from Langston Hughes? I mean for me, as somebody who loves Langston Hughes, I would just be -- it would be a lot, right, for me to receive a letter from Langston Hughes. And so, what I want us to do today is imagine your hero, whoever that is, Lebron James or your teacher or Beyonce or whoever it is that you idolize, or that you feel like you really admire, imagine that the letter you would like to them, but the letter they would write you back. What would they say to you when they responded to your letter? When they responded to you saying I really admire you. Can you give me some advice? Can you help me understand this? Or thank you for saving my life. Or you go me through a hard time, what do you think their response back would be? For me, if Langston Hughes wrote to me he'd say, "Dear Jason, thank you for reaching out. I think you're the best writer to ever walk the earth. I'm so proud of your brilliant -- " No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding, but you know, he wouldn't say that. He'd be like, Jason, get it together. Who do you think you are? Tighten up. Do better, right? But whatever it would be, imagine what your hero would respond to you in letter, and you write that letter down. Write the letter to yourself from the person you idolize the most. It would be a fascinating experience and I'll catch y'all on the next one. By the way, tell your cousin Tito, like honestly, he ruined the greens last time, and next, time I'm not going to be so nice about it. Peace. ^E00:02:01