“I am smart. I am blessed. I can do anything,” 3-year-old Ayaan told his mother, Alissa Brielle, who captured the message on her phone. “I am smart. I am blessed. I can do anything. I am smart. I am blessed. I can do ANYTHING!”
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In the video, posted on social media Oct. 1 a little after 8:30 a.m., Ayaan was walking with his mom to school. He wore a backpack and he carried a banana.
Brielle and Ayaan’s father, Alpha, had been teaching him for some time that he could grow up to be anything he wants. The three-sentence affirmation was one of their first lessons more than a year ago.