Justin Baldoni Instagram – I am overflowing with gratitude this morning! Wow. Boys Will be human is #3 on the New York Times Best Seller list. We did it! YOU did it. But here’s the truth. This book was NEVER written to make a list. While I honestly don’t like lists for the same reason I didn’t like voting for homecoming king or even for awards in TV and film – at the same time, it is really validating. Mostly because as a boy I never felt good enough… I never felt seen by my peers. I honestly never thought I would ever be smart enough or successful enough to be on a list like this that exemplifies success in such a specific field, let alone a book list! So today, I acknowledge that the tears in this video are a little boy who feels so seen by a list that at the end of the day really doesn’t matter. And to any other author who has written books and NOT made this list… I see you. You are so much more than the list. And I say that as someone whose first book DIDN’T make it. Who was never voted homecoming king or even made the court and knows what it feels like to not feel seen and wanted. Thank you all for supporting, sharing, and buying the book for our boys. The fact that boys are reading the book gives me so much hope. Hope for a future where our boys can be the change this world needs so much right now. Hope for a world that is safe for everyone, a world where our boys know that being human is more than enough. And can you say thank you Johanna Castillo and Claudia Gabel and the whole team at Harper Collins for believing that this work was worthy of your time.