"If you can't find anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror, stare a little longer." -To This Day, Shane Koyczan

It brought tears to me when he was talking about getting a new mirror. It reminded of me when I used to be called ugly. I still can't even look at myself properly in the mirror. Thanks for inspiring!:)

No! Thank you! Without you this project wouldn't be around.. God you're amazing!

@kaylana4731

9 жыл бұрын

I know right? He touched millions. He probably stopped some bullying in the world. We should be the ones thanking him, not him!

"there's something inside you that made you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit" The interesting part is how many of us can relate, yet still find an excuse to feel alone.

@Venganza_

8 жыл бұрын

+cory “Dark Fire” Lockman You feel like your lonely, but deep down you know that you are worth it.

honestly Shane you are an inspiration to not only me but to hundreds of others who can't find an escape from the cruel world we live in you are a very talented man and u are gonna do great things I love how no matter what stands in your way you always find the better side of things thank you 🙏🙏🙌

I so badly want to meet you. You are such a beautiful human being. I watch your videos and every time i feel like crying. They are so well written, so well thought of. I just want to say thank you because you have helped so many people and I will forever be grateful that you exist.

You are such a wonderful human being. Thank you so much!

To this day project is just a small thing that gives me some hope, I watch that video everyday before bed thank you Shane thank you

Canada, and the world needs more people, and poets like you. Thank you Shane Koyczan.

It is us who thank you. This will change the world. Again. Thank you

I was adopted, and was in a similar situation as the the person in this poem. I've been bullied so much that I have contemplated suicide many times. I am lucky some of my family saw the depression, and gave me support. In the past few years I've been having a rough time if things, and Shane has given me the strength to pull through. so I thank you Shane. There is no need to thank me, but since you did, you're most welcome my friend.

You have helped me so much. I showed the To this Day video to my teacher who later then showed it to all of her classes. You are the reason my middle school days are better. I've made a collage with some of your quotes and put it in my binder for school in case I'm having a bad day. Thank you for making a difference in my life.

YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION AS A POET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Lord_Smoot

9 жыл бұрын

I believe you mean "Your fucking gay." You,my dear confused dumb fuck,can go screw yourself for not being able to see the beauty in this mans words.Someone comes along with the ability to change the world with his words and becomes peoples inspiration and your there to bring them down.You are the pure definition of a troll.

@skepticaldreamer1690

8 жыл бұрын

+tophiigh what's fucking gay? you're grammar or the fact that someone is showing their love and excitement towards shane? i pick your grammar buddy. or is it that mommy doesn't let you swear and didn't want to be in trouble so you shortened it. i'm sorry but if you're going to insult someone, do it with intelligence! but still doesn't give you a right to say that...

@haleypink3953

8 жыл бұрын

+tophiigh You can get the fuck off this page, you fucking disgrace to human race. I bet you're a fucking troll.

@direcreature

6 жыл бұрын

Just shut that fuck up this man is his hero so mind stepping if the jackass stage?

A quick thank you to Shane Koyczan for being such a beautiful human being

You don’t realize how many lives you’ve changed or saved. God bless you man ♥️

You are an amazing person. Your gifts have helped so many and given us much pride as Canadians.The world needs more people like you! You are a Diamond.

6 years later and people still watch it even better they cry and sob so more each tie they watch it

its not even your poem "to this day" that I love, I've listened to so many and every time I listen again I catch something new that I had overlooked the first time, a year ago I had been stuck in a very hard place and was struggling very hard. and I heard your poem "to this day" and started to look into your other poems. I love all of the points you make in all of them and how much emotion you can add to them. your poems have literally made me laugh and cry and you have given me a whole new perspective on everything I see or feel. your poetry is one of many things that have gotten me where I am today ❤

Today they played this in my school at a bullying assembly. I barely got to hear it but what I heard of it made me want to hear more. I looked it up and its absolutely breathtaking, along with his other poems. I say I look up to celebrities, my sibling, older friends, my parents..... but Shane is beyond that. He brought inspiring to a whole new level I was never bullied but that poem and video breaks my heart. I hope to see more from you in the future and good luck to you

To this day... I feel like someone understands. that someone listens to the many words that go un-noticed. That someone like Shane Koyczan really cares, really knows really speak for the silent crowd. To this day... I just want to say thank you, Shane Koyczan, for everything.

No, thank you. You know how many people's lives you have touched? Your words are like non other. They way you speak and the way you put it together, its amazing. Everytime i hear something of yours, i cry... even if ive watched it a million times. Your project... it saved me from suicide.

Shane, you are an outstanding person. We should thank you for your phenomenal works. You are fantastic.

I watched To this day in school in grade 6, I show it to so many people. I am now an early grade 12 graduate. And looking into college. The video makes me cry but I’m so very appreciative of its existence as it has helped me and so many others overcome so many things. You are helping so many with your video. Even 12 year old children who felt they had nothing to offer to the world, you made a difference to children like me. I am forever grateful. And you were so right.., they were wrong. They had to have been wrong.

ᴍʏ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴜs ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴛʜɪs in class

@ARManzano

9 жыл бұрын

Mine too

@xBLOODSTAINZ1

8 жыл бұрын

Same my English teacher had us watch it for short film Friday

@tonytidwell4924

8 жыл бұрын

+xBLOODSTAINZ1 same

@xBLOODSTAINZ1

8 жыл бұрын

Wait who is this

@xBLOODSTAINZ1

8 жыл бұрын

9 O never mind

I must have watched the to this day project 20 times now and i still get chills every time. You are an amazing poet and an inspiration thank you Shane!

Shane, you are a saint on earth. Thank YOU so much for your inspirational writing. You have changed my life and for that I am forever grateful. God bless you forever!

The To This Day Project was shown in my health class last week and ever since then I haven't stopped watching it. It means so much to me. The emotion in your voice makes my eyes well up. Thank you so much for your inspirational words.

Thank you, I keep watching everything I find you have done and just once is never enough.

I love you so incredibly much. As a kid who cut and almost died more than once, I cried so hard watching your video. I have since watched so many of your spoken word videos and each one makes me cry. You helped me stop cutting and I feel as if I can finally express true emotion again. You are my role model, hero, and savior. Thank you

Thank you so much! Half a year ago I was shown To This Day by a friend, after resisiting it for a week because he had told me it made him cry. I sat in the back of my classroom crying when I watch it, and spent the following weeks working with my principles and other students to create an Anti-Bully week, based around your poem. In the end we had a team of 19 students working together and taking a stand against bullying, and we all owe it to you, so thank you.

we should be thanking you ! what a breath of fresh air , an eye opener, you are ...... wow......... i don't think i know the word........ a miracle !

Its so rare and rewarding to see something sublime and beautiful that wasn't engineered to push merchandise, take money or accrue likes. That wasn't part of a campaign or a strategy. A thing of purity like this deserves the attention of the world. And it's maddeningly beautiful. You're a star.

No, thank YOU. You have touched my heart and brought me to tears every time I listen to it. I owe you a lot.

Thank you so much. I found your work at a bad time and you made me feel less alone. Thank you

Thanks for putting yourself "out there" - it can't be easy to have to relive this pain inflicted on you as a child. Thanks for sharing this and for encouraging me to do more to protect my own kids, students and neighbor kids against bullies. I want to help erase the "brain worms" -the negative self-talk which follows the victims throughout life and re-train their brains with messages of hope, happiness and how very worthy they are to give and receive love as they move into adulthood.

To this day is probably one of the most moving pieces I've ever encountered. The emotion in your voice made it, I get goosebumps every time...I work with children facing mental health problems, and I've made copies so that I can share this with them. It his on so much of what they're going through. Absolutely beautiful.

Thank you. I have watched To This Day a bunch of times now. I get emotional when you get to the "get a better mirror" part every single time.

watching your work had me shed one solo tear if i were not so broken i would have had more but my walls stop them i thank you for your work you let me no there is hope in humanity

I love your writing. I was brought to the To This Day project by a friend. I cannot explain how inspirational this was. I have been bullied. I did not ever want to face my peers or communicate with anyone if it meant leaving my bed. I have had anxiety and depression for a while now. Last year, I was hospitalised. I am recovery and on my way to being happy. I just really needed you to know, things like this build me (and everyone else in similar situations) up every time I here them. You're story is inspirational and not sugar-coated. I can only hope I can become half of the person you have.

You are a beautiful, beautiful man !! Thank you for creating this project !! All your poems I've heard are beyond compare and I have shared many of your spoken word pieces with my friends and relatives because of how moving your work is !! So please don't thank us, thank you for being an inspiration to millions of people !! xxx

You may be not be able to see your hard wen you see your self in the mirror, but I can see it every time I enjoy you work! You work is beautiful thank you 🙏

thank YOU. The video is what I show my friends everyday as a reminder that they've tried so hard, for so long for SOMETHING, and it's not time to give up.

I told my teacher about it and hes going to show it tomorrow. I really couldnt stop watching it over and over again. I Loved it.

@ShaneKoyczan To you a owe a HUGE thanks You are really truly inspired me I've started to edit and write a few of my own pieces that I plan on showing to my school when I am finished. I was a kid who grew up knowing I was different and bullied for the fact that I stood out. But now when someone says rude comment or I see bullying in the hallways at my school, I actually just hug them then whisper in their ear "Please stop, or at least let your anger, or what ever it is out on me. I understand"

I think that you are one of the most inspiring people on the earth. And keep going on cause you are perfect!

You are a gift to the world, thanks for all your great work.

You are my inspiration! You saved my life. I try to be like you at my school and show love and compassion where people are sad and in pain!

You are such a beautiful inspiration. One of the greatest poets of our generation. I sincerely hope the literary world as well as the rest of us recognise you.

I dont deserve a thank you. You've done more for me with your poetry than i could do for you in an eternity. If anything the thanks should all be yours. Stay gold, friend.

im not kidding, i heard of spoken word before, never really liked it. but dude, "to this day", and "heaven or whatever" ive listen to probably 10 times each. i think i speak for everyone when i say, i dont mean to try and hold you to a standard that you feel like you might not be able to eventually uphold, but the way you write is fucking amazing, and i cant wait for more. and that voice lol like fuckin butter to my ears dude lololol

No, thank you, seriously, your talent is moving, it makes people feel the feelings they've long forgotten.

This has been my saving grace thank you. I'm far from where I need to be but to this day has given me the strength to continue living to this day this beautiful day thank you

Doing even more with the To This Day project is more than enough thanks. Amazing.

His project was outstanding. You can't possibly not find him an inspiration. Love you Shane!

Thank you, Shane, for sharing your story and your love. The world needs strong people like you to encourage strength in others who wrongfully believe that they have none.

Shane, you are truly amazing. Thank you for all you do. Keep it up man, you are helping so many people with your videos.

Thank you for being a voice to the masses.

Thank you for sharing your talent with us! You're amazing!

I emailed the Project to my teacher an she showed it to all of her classes. Including the one I'm in. Everyone cried. I was so inspired because I'm bullied, so thank YOU.

he makes me happy when he speaks no matter what he is saying

The To This Day Project was shown at my school for this peace week thing...and the word is getting out! You are the most inspirational person ever and I love you so much for it....you are so strong and I almost cried watching the video for the first time....you are such an inspiration if you didn't push through the pain I don't know what I would be doing right now...or where I'd be.....but after watching the project I'm giving life a second chance...because of you...remember that

When I first heard about the to this day project it was through a poem, a beautifully written poem that expressed an amount of emotion that I would have previously imagined to be ineffable. I didn't see a single man, I heard a voice that spoke for the millions of people that have gone through a time in their life when they felt like giving up on themselves because the words or actions of others was a weight too heavy to bear. When I heard that poem it inspired me.

Shane you are an absolute inspiration. Thank you and keep it up.

I've actually watched this three times in school, first was because I asked my teacher if I could show it, then our English teacher showed us it and a class did a little presentation and included it!

Shane...your a true inspiration!

When I saw the man behind it the words echoing through my mind weren't twisted because of how he looked. I saw an amazing, inspiring man who has inspired hundreds of thousands if not millions of people around the world to keep moving forward even if it seems the weight of the world stands in your way. Voices are faceless, the emotion and thought provoked by those voices is what matters, not the weight, appearance, race, sexuality, or any other traits of the people behind them.

No no, thank YOU sir. You are an incredible inspiration to everyone, if they choose to listen.

Thank you so much for what YOU do. That poem meant a lot to me, and it still does.

All your work is fantastic. Definitely looking forward to the next poem.

You're my idol. When ever I'm feeling down or I'm having a bad day I always go and watch your videos and they just inspire me so much that I completely forget why I was sad in the first place. Your humbleness amazes me, you are just such a beautiful person both inside and out and your words have the ability to touch millions. Thank you so much for sharing yourself with the world, it's a better place for having you in it!!!

Shane, we should be thanking you, you've inspired so many of us to be better people. I was never into poetry until I started hearing your artistry. If our world was filled with the logic, intelligence and morals of Shane Koyczan the world would be a better place.

You never needed to say thank you the amount of kids you helped ......whoo i just cant get over it i plan to use your poem next year and spread the word to (as you said) get to the people who need it your poem inspired me to no end i hope you know that

What I love is that my class is studying poetry starting next week. I am going to show them the video as part of a discussion about bullying and as part of their lessons. You are truly inspirational!

No, thank you, Mr. Koyczan. Thank you for the beautiful projects and spoken word that you and your colleagues put out.

2 words to your awesome work. Thank you!!!

I quote parts of "To This Day" on a regular basis. WE are blessed to get to witness such talent like you! :-) thank YOU!

You inspire me so much. Thank you for being you.

Greetings from germany! I have to thank you for your wonderful work! I'm glad that the to this day Project reached me here! I'm currently suffering from a heavy depression and your work was something that I was able to find beautiful when everything else is just there. I can't thank you enough for your work! Thank you again and again!

Stop being so ridiculously amazing. I mean seriously you rock

Thank you. A million times over. People like you will change this world, and people like me will be there to help

Thank you some much, for every thing your doing

I just wanted to stop in and tell you thank you so very much for putting to words the experiences of those that have endured and survived the bullying years to reach the "I made it" class in life. You have no idea how much your video meant to me and millions of others. Please, keep writing, your poetry is an inspiration for us all. Much love, from Midamerica.

they played this all through my school.... and i cried in class seeing myself in that beautiful peice :)

I would love to one day meet, and simply hug you. This came out a couple years past my high school years, but its been an amazing help to both of my younger sisters who are both still in high school. Thanks Shane.

NO, thank u, u are a wonderful human being, if there were more people like u in this world it would be a better place.keep up the good work. & god bless.

You are so insperational!

@stevensmith8549

9 жыл бұрын

Inspirational

You are amazing. you have a voice that commands attention and I'm glad you are using it. You inspire me.

My student principal showed us the video at our Olweis (a bully prevention program that our school is trying for the first time this year) after school meeting, and a lot of kids were almost close to tears by the end. Since starting the program and showing your video to most of the classrooms, my fellow students have been more verbal about getting bullied and trying to commit suicide, and have stood up for those being bullied out in the open a lot more. Thank you for your poetry, and good luck!!

Really close friend of mine showed me the to this day project video in a class of mine, and I started crying as I watched because I could relate. Ever since then you have become my hero and a major role model to me, my poetry writing has kicked back up, and so has my self esteem. people make fun of me every day, but now it doesn't hurt as bad. I also created an entire Anti-Bully week in my school, with the help of a few friends, centered around your poem. You've helped me thru a lot, so thanks!!

youre my absolute favorite poet. keep writing please.

They showed it in school and it has changed my life forever in a good way thank you

(continued) How many freshman and sophomore students in highschool can say they got to do something like that. Ever since then I spend my free time listening to your other work, and I can even recite some of them from memory. Normally if something can make me cry I would stay away, but I can't do that with what you write. you pull me from every bit of depression, you inspire me, and you make me realize that, hey, everything is going to be okay. I owe you big time for that. Thank you =)

I could listen to you speak forever.

Shane - you are awesome!

I anonymously emailed my school district the link to "To This Day". I'm not being bullied, nor am I a bully, but that video was truly life changing. It was extremely heartfelt and I felt as if I was the person being bullied. Thank you so very much.

So appreciate your work to promote human rights, Shane. Thank you for doing the work to integrate your experiences and help us grow by sharing your insights. You rock!

thankyou for your amazing art works . you are inspiration

I was thinking about all the bad stuff happening to me and your video helped me get through it. Thank you.

no thank you for making this masterpiece, I show this to my every friend, I have shared it on my facebook it's in my favorites on my youtube account and I watch it regularly and it always makes me cry.

To this day has changed my life, my twins life and my mothers. I want to share your a amazing video with everyone I can its such a beautiful thing and its so moving Thank you for being an amazing human being Shane!