Dear Somebodies,

In the same speech that Martin Luther King Jr. told his audience to sweep streets like Michelangelo, he told them that they must always insist on their own somebodiness.  He told that audience of middle schoolers that they must have “a deep belief in [their] own dignity, [their] worth and [their] own somebodiness.”

We are all somebody. We are all worthy of dignity and respect–not because of our accomplishments or talents, but because we are all human beings. Don’t let anybody treat you as less than the somebody that you are. And, more importantly, don’t treat yourself as less than the somebody that you are.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck