Shaun Hick
"I confess, I have setbacks like anyone. But they don’t cause distress or coalesce in a mess for I’ve learned to step back, to reflect and assess where I’m at and enact a simple plan of attack — to press forward, progress; not digress, not give up nor express my despair but address what I can, my mistakes and my faults, with a head-on assault. For I’m blessed with my faith and belief and a chest that encases a heart that does not know the meaning of quit or give up or there there or oh well, never-mind or bad luck or just try something else, no. Me and myself, my reflection and I, we are not of that ilk, we aren’t ones to comply. We aren’t ones to conform or accept that the norm is a one-size-fits-all way to simply exist for we strive to be different, incredible, unique. Not irrelevant, invisible, insignificant or meek. We strive to resist and we fight to excel, so setbacks to us are a thing to be quashed, to be quelled, to be squished, to be left in our wake as we go on our way, as we sail right on by to impossible ends, to what few dare to try. This is why – this is why – as my reflection attests, there is no time to rest. The struggle is unending … but I will give it my best."
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"I confess, I have setbacks like anyone. But they don’t cause distress or coalesce in a mess for I’ve learned to step back, to reflect and assess where I’m at and enact a simple plan of attack — to press forward, progress; not digress, not give up nor express my despair but address what I can, my mistakes and my faults, with a head-on assault. For I’m blessed with my faith and belief and a chest that encases a heart that does not know the meaning of quit or give up or there there or oh well, never-mind or bad luck or just try something else, no. Me and myself, my reflection and I, we are not of that ilk, we aren’t ones to comply. We aren’t ones to conform or accept that the norm is a one-size-fits-all way to simply exist for we strive to be different, incredible, unique. Not irrelevant, invisible, insignificant or meek. We strive to resist and we fight to excel, so setbacks to us are a thing to be quashed, to be quelled, to be squished, to be left in our wake as we go on our way, as we sail right on by to impossible ends, to what few dare to try. This is why – this is why – as my reflection attests, there is no time to rest. The struggle is unending … but I will give it my best."
"أقرّ بأنني أواجه نكسات كغيري، لكنها لا تثير فيّ الضيق ولا تتراكم فوضى. فقد تعلمتُ أن أتراجع، لأتأمل وأقيّم موقفي، ثم أضع خطة هجوم بسيطة: للمضي قدمًا، للتقدم؛ لا للتراجع، لا للاستسلام، ولا لإظهار يأسي. بل لأواجه ما أستطيع، أخطائي وعيوبي، بمواجهة صريحة.
فلقد حُبِيتُ بإيماني وعقيدتي، وبصدرٍ يضم قلبًا لا يعرف معنى التوقف أو الاستسلام، ولا يرضى بـ "لا عليك" أو "لا بأس" أو "حظ عاثر" أو "جرب غيره"، أبدًا.
أنا وذاتي، صورتي وكياني، لسنا من هذا الصنف، لسنا ممن يذعنون. لا نرضى بالامتثال أو قبول أن يكون المألوف طريقًا واحدًا يناسب الجميع لمجرد الوجود. فنحن نسعى لنكون مختلفين، مذهلين، فريدين. لا هامشيين، لا خفيين، لا تافهين، ولا خنوعين.
نسعى للمقاومة ونكافح للتفوق. فالنكسات بالنسبة لنا شيء يجب سحقه، إخماده، إزالته، وتركه خلفنا ونحن نمضي في طريقنا، نبحر نحو غايات مستحيلة، نحو ما يجرؤ القليلون على محاولته.
لهذا السبب – لهذا السبب – كما تشهد مرآتي، لا وقت للراحة. الكفاح لا ينتهي... لكنني سأبذل قصارى جهدي."
Shaun Hick
"You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun."
"لا بد أن تمضي وقتًا تزحف فيه وحيدًا بين الظلال لتدرك حقًا قيمة الوقوف في الشمس."
Shaun Hick
"If you concentrate on small, manageable steps you can cross unimaginable distances."
"إذا ركزت على خطوات صغيرة وممكنة، تستطيع عبور مسافات لا تُتصور."
Shaun Hick
"“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”"
"عليك أن تقضي وقتًا تزحف فيه وحيدًا عبر الظلال لتدرك حقًا قيمة الوقوف في الشمس."
Shaun Hick
"The world is full of people who will help you manufacture tornados in order to blow out a match."
"العالم مليء بأناس سيعاونونك على صنع الأعاصير كي تطفئ عود ثقاب."
Shaun Hick
"Only someone wishing to disappear would ever strive to 'fit in'."
"ما يكدح في الذوبان بين الجموع إلا من يصبو إلى محو ذاته."
Shaun Hick
"You smile and draw me near and whisper, "Do as dreamers do."I lean to you and whisper in your ear, "I cannot dream tonight my Dear. For it is you."
Shaun Hick
"It's sad that in a world of billions, people can still feel isolated and alone. Sometimes all it takes to brighten up someone's day is a smile or kind word, or the generous actions of a complete stranger. Small things, the tiny details, these are the things that matter in life — the little glint in the eye, curve of a lip, nod of a head, wave of a hand — such minuscule movements have huge ripple effects."
Shaun Hick
"Eyes so young, so full of pain ... Two lonely drops of winter rain ... And no tear could these eyes sustain ... For too much had they seen."
Shaun Hick
"There is greater clarity in the still waters of sadness, something not found in the babbling brooks of more sought after emotions."
Shaun Hick
"A night of crying has silenced me. This morning it seems the whole world is against me. I've never before felt so barren, so empty. I've never before thought the daylight to be ... my enemy. My enemy."
Shaun Hick
"Pencil. Paper. Forget the world."
Shaun Hick
"Nothing listens as well as a blank page."
Shaun Hick
"We are pushed towards eternal silence from the moment we are born. So when sadness tries to stifle us, we must not give in. We must keep whispering."
Shaun Hick
"This is for you, for your breath, whose absence would lessen a greater world."
Shaun Hick
"And the man who dreamt of flight has tripped and fallen in a hole."
Shaun Hick
"I may be going nowhere, but what a ride."
Shaun Hick
"It shouldn't take a life-changing event for you to change your life."
Shaun Hick
"Cancer gave me an understanding of the point of all this. To survive. Most of our lives it is easy but for the moments when it becomes difficult, when accident or sickness or sadness strikes, it's just about remembering one thing. You must simply survive."
Shaun Hick
"It shouldn't take a life-changing event to spark change in your life."
Shaun Hick
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