This week I discovered the work of Shane Koyczan. WOW. Shane is an award winning Canadian poet, author and performer. In 2013 Shane released an animated video of his poem To This Day and also shared the poem at a TED Talk. The video/talk describes Shane's experience of bullying and how he survived it. The video has had over 13 million hits. Shane has also produced a video called Instructions for a bad day. It is beautiful. I've saved it to my phone and listen to it when I am having a shitty day. I take warmth and strength from listening to it. In the section below I have posted his TED talk, then his animated video, followed by his Instructions video. I will also post his Instructions video somewhere here as as permanent fixture - I think lots of people will get something positive from listening to it. Shane also has a stack of inspiring stuff on his website: www.shanekoyczan.com
BloggingThis blog is dedicated to sharing resources for taking care. It was inspired by my darling friends, Mary and Wendy - we all love real stuff that inspires. A new resource will be posted on Sundays. If you have any you would like to share please email them in to: mailto:ticketsonmyself@gmail.com Instructions for a bad dayIf you are having a tough day and you are looking for comfort, hope, inspiration - you might want to watch Shane Koyczan's video: Instructions For a bad day. Click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7OGY1Jxp3o
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