Exactly Like You

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In her autobiography, Linda Ellerbee, then co-anchor of NBC News Overnight, once received a letter from a little girl that said, “Dear Miss Ellerbee, when I grow up I want to do exactly what you do. Please do it better.” What a thought! Little eyes are watching us, little feet are following us, little minds are scrutinizing us. One day, to a great extent, our steps will be their steps, our thoughts their thoughts, our words their words. The little girl’s admonition ought to ring true with all of us: please do it better.