We all remember the teacher standing in front of the class doing the roll call. Reading off the last names. Here! The punk in the class saying ‘not here’ when called.
When we set out to do important work there’s a handful of voices who take their place in front of us.
“I don’t feel like doing this” Here!
“I’m an imposter” Here!
“I’m afraid” Here!
“They might laugh at me” Here!
“This might kill me” Here!
“I”m no good” Here!
“I’m going to do it anyway” Here!
“One foot in front of the other” Here!
“It won’t be so bad” Here!
“I’ve succeeded in something like this before” Here!
“Here we go let’s do this” Here!
Ok cool, all the usual are here
And these voices rarely miss a session.
Now that all are accounted for and we know they’re all going to keep showing up, we get to decide which ones we call on throughout the class.
