Rita L. Soronen- President & CEO, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
Advice:
There are so many people competing for your attention and trying to tell you how to look, how to act, how to think. Know that you are unique, smart, important, creative, beautiful, and talented. You may not yet have discovered what will define your life, but that should be the joyful journey right now. Try different things, stretch your body and your imagination, read as much as you can, listen to all kinds of music and risk failing at something. And above all, know that you are surrounded by others who are also unique and who have needs and wishes different from your own. Be kind and thoughtful and ready to be a friend and give a helping hand. And always, always remember to tell those you love- that you love them.