To This Day

click this link. watch the video. even if you've already seen it. do it again. i promise it is worth 7 minutes and 37 seconds of your life.

http://tothisdayproject.com/

i love this.

i. love. this.

i love the start where it talks about his grandma letting him keep thinking that pork chops and karate chops are the same. it's not a big deal but so many times we don't want to hurt someone so we don't tell them they are wrong. we lie.

i love where it says "Before I realized fat kids are not designed to climb trees, i fell out of a tree."it is just so sad. because i can see a little kid climbing a tree, trying to fit in with the other school boys. he falls out and is hurt. i can see him wanting to cry but doesn't because the other boys will laugh at him. i can see him going home and still wanting to cry but hold it in because he doesn't want to get in trouble by his grandma for climbing a tree.

i love how you can use his words to infer and predict. when he says "with a really nice lady who asked me all kinds of questions about my life at home" you know that he is talking about a child therapist or some type of child protective service.

i love how he breaks my heart. how a stilly little story spread and everyone made fun of him. how no one let him forget his silly mistake because every time they called for him they would mention it, and call him "porkchop."

i love how he connects every person that has ever felt lonely, ever been afraid, ever been hurt, ever been called a mean name, ever been bullied together. and at the same time he is taking a stand against bullying.

i love how he makes it personal to him by telling us about his first love.

i hate bullies. how dare they make a sign on her desk that says "beware of dog."

i love how he melts my heart. he tells about his love for her even though she has a birthmark. i love how he talks about her insecurities because everyone has them. and this. oh. it makes me cry. "That she's raising two kids whose definition of beauty begins with the word mom." every child thinks their mom is the most wonderful thing in the world and he describes this beautifully.

i love how he says " and if you can't see anything beautiful about yourself get a better mirror. look a little closer. stare a little longer." because he makes me believe that i am beautiful.

and he says that life is a balancing act and even though there will be pain there is always beauty. and that is what is important.


ah. i love this. i. love. this.