3 things I learned while my plane crashed | Ric Elias

Translator: Patricia Gomez-Romero Reviewer: Noemi Casadesus Viola

Imagineu una gran explosió

Imagine a big explosion as you climb through 3,000 ft.

quan puges 900 metres.

Imagineu un avió ple de fum.

Imagine a plane full of smoke.

Imagine an engine going clack, clack, clack.

Imagineu un motor fent clac, clac, clac,

clac, clac, clac, clac.

It sounds scary.

Sona aterridor.

Well, I had a unique seat that day.

Bé, jo tenia un seient únic aquest dia. Estava assegut al 1D.

I was sitting in 1D.

Era l'únic que podia parlar amb els auxiliars de vol.

I was the only one who could talk to the flight attendants.

Així que de seguida els vaig mirar,

So I looked at them right away,

i van dir: "No hi ha problema. Probablement hem colpejat algunes aus".

and they said, "No problem. We probably hit some birds."

El pilot ja havia virat l'avió,

The pilot had already turned the plane around,

i no estàvem tan lluny.

and we weren't that far.

You could see Manhattan.

Es podia veure Manhattan.

Dos minuts després,

Two minutes later,

three things happened at the same time.

3 coses van succeir alhora.

El pilot va alinear l'avió amb el riu Hudson.

The pilot lines up the plane with the Hudson River.

Generalment aquesta no és la ruta.

That's usually not the route.

(Riures)

(Laughter)

He turns off the engines.

Va apagar els motors.

Now, imagine being in a plane with no sound.

Imagineu estar en un avió i sense sorolls.

And then he says three words.

I després va dir 3 paraules...

les 3 paraules més desapassionades que hagi escoltat.

The most unemotional three words I've ever heard.

Va dir, "Preparin-se per a l'impacte".

He says, "Brace for impact."

I didn't have to talk to the flight attendant anymore.

No vaig haver de parlar més amb l'auxiliar de vol.

(Riures)

(Laughter)

I could see in her eyes, it was terror.

Vaig poder veure-ho en els seus ulls,

era terror. La vida s'acabava.

Life was over.

Now I want to share with you three things I learned about myself that day.

Vull compartir amb vostès 3 coses que vaig aprendre sobre mi mateix aquest dia.

I learned that it all changes in an instant.

Vaig aprendre que tot canvia en un instant.

We have this bucket list,

Tenim aquesta llista de coses per fer abans de morir,

we have these things we want to do in life,

aquestes coses que volem fer en vida,

i vaig pensar en tota la gent a què volia arribar i no ho vaig fer,

and I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to that I didn't,

totes les tanques que volia reparar,

all the fences I wanted to mend,

all the experiences I wanted to have and I never did.

totes les experiències que he volgut tenir i mai vaig tenir.

Mentre pensava en això més endavant,

As I thought about that later on,

I came up with a saying,

em va venir una frase,

which is, "I collect bad wines."

que és, "Col·lecciono vins dolents".

Because if the wine is ready and the person is there, I'm opening it.

Perquè si el vi està llest i la persona hi és, l'estic obrint.

I no longer want to postpone anything in life.

Ja no vull ajornar res a la vida.

And that urgency, that purpose, has really changed my life.

I aquesta urgència, aquest propòsit,

realment ha canviat la meva vida.

The second thing I learned that day --

La segona cosa que vaig aprendre aquell dia...

and this is as we clear the George Washington Bridge,

i això és mentre evitàvem el pont George Washington,

which was by not a lot --

que no va ser per molt...

(Laughter)

Vaig pensar sobre, uau,

I thought about, wow, I really feel one real regret.

realment sento un gran pesar.

I've lived a good life.

He viscut una bona vida.

In my own humanity and mistakes,

Amb la meva pròpia condició humana i errors,

I've tried to get better at everything I tried.

he tractat de millorar en tot el que havia intentat.

Però en la meva condició humana,

But in my humanity, I also allow my ego to get in.

també vaig fer lloc al meu ego.

I lamento el temps que vaig desaprofitar

And I regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter

en coses que no importaven

with people that matter.

amb gent que si importa.

I vaig pensar en la meva relació amb la meva dona,

And I thought about my relationship with my wife,

with my friends, with people.

amb els meus amics, amb la gent.

I després, mentre meditava en això,

And after, as I reflected on that,

vaig decidir eliminar l'energia negativa de la meva vida.

I decided to eliminate negative energy from my life.

It's not perfect, but it's a lot better.

No és perfecta, però és molt millor.

En 2 anys no he tingut una baralla amb la meva dona.

I've not had a fight with my wife in two years.

Et fa sentir de meravella.

It feels great.

Ja no tracto de tenir raó;

I no longer try to be right;

Trio ser feliç.

I choose to be happy.

La tercera cosa que vaig aprendre,

The third thing I learned --

and this is as your mental clock starts going, "15, 14, 13."

i això és com que el teu rellotge mental

va descomptant, "15, 14, 13".

Veus l'aigua aproximar-se.

You can see the water coming.

I'm saying, "Please blow up."

Estic dient, "Si us plau vola".

I don't want this thing to break in 20 pieces

No vull que això es trenqui en 20 peces

like you've seen in those documentaries.

com es veu en aquests documentals.

And as we're coming down,

I mentre baixàvem,

I had a sense of, wow, dying is not scary.

vaig tenir la sensació, guau,

morir no fa por.

It's almost like we've been preparing for it our whole lives.

És gairebé com que si ens preparessim per a això tota la nostra vida.

But it was very sad.

Però va ser molt trist.

I didn't want to go; I love my life.

No me'n volia anar; estimo la meva vida.

And that sadness really framed in one thought,

I aquesta tristesa

es va emmarcar en un únic pensament,

which is, I only wish for one thing.

que és, només desitjo una cosa.

Tant de bo pogués veure els meus fills créixer.

I only wish I could see my kids grow up.

About a month later, I was at a performance by my daughter --

Un mes més tard, estava en una actuació de la meva filla

primer grau, no gaire talent artístic ...

first-grader, not much artistic talent --

(Laughter)

...encara.

Yet!

(Riures)

(Laughter)

I estic cridant, plorant,

And I'm bawling, I'm crying, like a little kid.

com un nen petit.

I per a mi, aquesta era tota la raó de ser del món.

And it made all the sense in the world to me.

I realized at that point, by connecting those two dots,

En aquest punt vaig comprendre,

en connectar aquests dos punts,

that the only thing that matters in my life

que l'únic que importa en la meva vida

is being a great dad.

és ser un bon pare.

Però sobretot,

Above all, above all,

the only goal I have in life is to be a good dad.

l'única meta que tinc a la vida

és ser un bon pare.

I was given the gift of a miracle,

Se'm va concedir un miracle,

de no morir aquell dia.

of not dying that day.

I was given another gift,

I se'm va concedir un altre regal,

which was to be able to see into the future

que va ser la possibilitat de mirar el futur

i tornar

and come back

and live differently.

i viure d'una altra forma.

A vostès que estan volant avui, els desafio a

I challenge you guys that are flying today,

que imaginin que el mateix els passa en el seu avió,

imagine the same thing happens on your plane --

and please don't --

i per favor que no sigui així,

but imagine, and how would you change?

però imaginin, com canviarien?

What would you get done

Què és el que farien, que encara esperen fer

that you're waiting to get done because you think you'll be here forever?

perquè pensen que viuràn per sempre?

How would you change your relationships

Com canviarien les seves relacions

and the negative energy in them?

i l'energia negativa en elles?

And more than anything, are you being the best parent you can?

I el més important, estan sent els millors pares que poden?

Gràcies.

Thank you.

(Applause)

(Aplaudiments)