The Sandpaper Lesson That Went Viral and Exposed What Teens Carry Inside

with emotion. “We try to present a polished image to the world before we’ve done the work. We want the shine without the friction. But life doesn’t work that way.”

I walked to the front of the room. “You are not defined by the roughness you start with. You are not defined by your trauma, or your bank account, or your mistakes. You are defined by how continue reading …