00:11i'm james patrick stewart i'm i'm i'm uh i'm cheating on my show i'm working on another
00:17show today so we're here really early but i wanted to get this story to you because it's
00:22close to my heart is called sabari chimps this is by jf cornwall it's about fear and one thing i
00:34know
00:35about fear is that it'll always be there'll always be fear it's not bad to have fear and it's pointless
00:42to make believe that it'll ever just go away you gotta just know you gotta put it into its
00:48perspective fear kept us from being eaten by dinosaurs at one point but when fear keeps us
00:54from doing things that we want to do then we we gotta put it in its proper perspective and that's
00:59what this story is about that's what jabari has to deal with on his own this is called jabari jumps
01:07here we go i'm jumping off the diving board today jabari told his dad really said his dad
01:23the diving board was high and maybe a little scary but jabari had just finished his swimming lessons and
01:30passed his swim test and now he was ready to jump i'm a great jumper jabari said i'm not scared
01:41at all
01:48jabari watched the other kids climb the long ladder they walked all the way out to the end of the
01:55diving board as big as tiny little bugs then they stood on the edge they spread their arms bent their
02:03knees sprang up up up up and then they dove down down down splash oh that looks easy jabari said
02:12but when
02:12his dad squeezed his dad squeezed his hand jabari squeezed back
02:21oh my dad used to do that jabari stood at the bottom of the ladder and he looked up
02:37uh you can go before me if you want he told the kid behind him uh i need to think
02:43of what kind of
02:44special jump i'm gonna do
02:48jabari fought and fought
02:59jabari started to climb up up up this ladder's very high
03:08jabari he said you okay called his dad just a little tired said jabari well maybe you should
03:18climb down and take a tiny rest said his dad a tiny rest sounded like a good idea
03:30when he got to the bottom jabari remembered something i forgot to do my stretches he told his dad
03:39stretches very important his dad said
03:46i think tomorrow might be a better day for jumping jabari said and they looked up at the diving board
04:03it's okay to feel a little scared said his dad sometimes i feel a little scared i take a deep
04:10breath
04:11and i tell myself i'm ready and you know what sometimes it stops feeling scary and feels like a surprise
04:22jabari
04:23jabari loved surprises
04:32jabari took a deep breath
04:35he felt it fill his body from the ends of his hair right down to the tips of his toes
04:47jabari looked up and he began to climb up up and up and up until he got to the top
04:57jabari stood up straight
04:59he walked all the way to the end of the diving board
05:12his toes curled around the rough edge
05:25jabari looked out as far as he could see
05:29he felt like he felt like he was ready
05:33i love surprises
05:38he whistled
05:39and then he took a deep breath spread his arms bent his knees sprang up up off the board
05:57down down down down he went
05:59jabari hit the water with a splash
06:06down down down he went
06:10and then back up again
06:12whoosh
06:19jabari you did it said his dad
06:22i did it said jabari
06:24i'm a great jumper
06:25and you know what
06:27what
06:29asked his dad
06:35surprise double backflip is next
06:42oh
06:43the end
06:44bless him
06:47a wise man once told me don't ever let fear keep you from doing something you want to do
06:55night
06:55you
06:56you
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