Recently my class watched a video called To This Day written by Canadian poet, Shane Koyczan.
"Every school was a big top circus tent and the pecking order went from acrobats to lion tamers , from clowns to carnies. Aall of these were miles ahead of who we were we were freaks , lobster claw boys and bearded ladies, oddities juggling depression and loneliness playing solitaire spin the bottle trying to kiss the wounded parts of ourselves and heal . But at night while the others slept we kept walking the tight rope it was practice and yeah some of us fell. But I want to tell them that all of this is just debris left over when we finally decide to smash all the things we thought we used to be and if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself get a better mirror look a little closer stare a little longer because there’s something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit. You built a cast around your broken heart and signed it yourself you signed it they were wrong”.
But this video was not just a 'feel bad about yourself let others feel his pain' it was to show that we need to feel good about ourselves no matter what anyone thinks about us. If people don’t like us for who we are they are not a real friend. We all are mean sometimes because we have all said something mean. If we are mad or sad it does not make it okay to let our anger out on other people.
Most people will make a mean side comment to their friends and think its okay but it makes people really sad. We don’t always realize it but that does not mean you are a bad person, its just showing you that what you are doing is wrong. Some people like to be alone and hide in the shadows but most people don’t and if you are like me you want to be yourself you want to live life while you can. Most people don’t even know what they're doing is wrong but we do and so you need to tell them not let them rule you. I am not worried for high school like every one else because I’m not afraid to be myself.
"Every school was a big top circus tent and the pecking order went from acrobats to lion tamers , from clowns to carnies. Aall of these were miles ahead of who we were we were freaks , lobster claw boys and bearded ladies, oddities juggling depression and loneliness playing solitaire spin the bottle trying to kiss the wounded parts of ourselves and heal . But at night while the others slept we kept walking the tight rope it was practice and yeah some of us fell. But I want to tell them that all of this is just debris left over when we finally decide to smash all the things we thought we used to be and if you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself get a better mirror look a little closer stare a little longer because there’s something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit. You built a cast around your broken heart and signed it yourself you signed it they were wrong”.
But this video was not just a 'feel bad about yourself let others feel his pain' it was to show that we need to feel good about ourselves no matter what anyone thinks about us. If people don’t like us for who we are they are not a real friend. We all are mean sometimes because we have all said something mean. If we are mad or sad it does not make it okay to let our anger out on other people.
Most people will make a mean side comment to their friends and think its okay but it makes people really sad. We don’t always realize it but that does not mean you are a bad person, its just showing you that what you are doing is wrong. Some people like to be alone and hide in the shadows but most people don’t and if you are like me you want to be yourself you want to live life while you can. Most people don’t even know what they're doing is wrong but we do and so you need to tell them not let them rule you. I am not worried for high school like every one else because I’m not afraid to be myself.
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