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Category: Shane L. Koyczan

Shane L. Koyczan

She tells me about dreams. She says my dreams are helium and balloons, and I’ve made the mistake of letting go a few to many times, but I still got this one. Tied around my finger like a wedding ring because even though I don’t believe in marriages, I’m gonna bring this one home.

dreams, inspirational, not-giving-up, poetry, strength

Shane L. Koyczan

Don’t tell me you’re not beautiful. You’re the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.

canadian, poetry, stop-signs

Shane L. Koyczan

Remember how we forgot?Once upon a time, we were youngOur dreams hung like applesWaiting to be picked and peeledAnd hope was something needing to be reeled-inSo we can fill the always empty big fish bin with the one that got awayAnd proudly say that “this time, impossible is not an option”Because success is so akin to effort and opportunity they could be relatedSo we took chancesWe figure skated on thin iceBelieved that each slice of life was served with something sweet on the sideAnd failure was never nearly as important as the fact that we triedThat in the war against frailty and limitationWe supplied the determination it takes to make ideas and goals the parents of PossibilityAnd we believe ourselves to be members of this familyNot just one branch on one treeBut a forest whose roots make up a dynasty

chances, dreams, hope, inspirational, remembering

Shane L. Koyczan

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.

dreams, philosophy

Shane L. Koyczan

Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough.

inspiration, philosophy

Shane L. Koyczan

Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.

difference, life, travel

Shane L. Koyczan

It’s not magic. I remember because I make comparisons. Not in terms of better or worse, just different. And not all of these memories are great, but they’re mine.Which lends way to believe, that none of our lives are put together on an assembly line. We’re not pre-packaged with memories or programmed with stories. We have to make our own.

inspirational, memory, poetry, recall

Shane L. Koyczan

getting over it/ just means getting around it/ and sometimes/ you gotta go through it/ leave it torn and blasted apart

inspirational, life

Shane L. Koyczan

There’s 6.5 billion people curled up like fists protesting death, but every breath we take has to be given back; a nine year old boy taught me that.

cancer, death, loss, pain, sadness

Shane L. Koyczan

I you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror. Look a little closer, stare a little longer. Because there is 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.

beauty, different, resist, strength

Shane L. Koyczan

We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog because we see ourselves in them.

childhood, fiction, to-this-day, underdog

Shane L. Koyczan

She tells me about dreams. She says my dreams are helium and balloons, and I’ve made the mistake of letting go a few to many times, but I still got this one. Tied around my finger like a wedding ring because even though I don’t believe in marriages, I’m gonna bring this one home.

dreams, inspirational, not-giving-up, poetry, strength