3 things I learned while my plane crashed | Ric Elias

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

nakon što ste se popeli na 1.000 metara.

Zamislite avion pun dima.

Imagine a plane full of smoke.

Imagine an engine going clack, clack, clack.

Zamislite motor koji zvuči klak, klak, klak,

klak, klak, klak, klak.

It sounds scary.

To zvuči zastrašujuće.

Well, I had a unique seat that day.

Ja sam imao jedinstveno sjedalo tog dana. Sjedio sam na mjestu 1D.

I was sitting in 1D.

Bio sam jedini koji je mogao razgovarati sa stjuardesama.

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

Tako sam ih odmah pogledao,

So I looked at them right away,

a one rekoše, "Nema problema. Vjerojatno smo pogodili neke ptice."

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

Pilot je već okrenuo avion natrag,

The pilot had already turned the plane around,

i nismo bili tako daleko.

and we weren't that far.

You could see Manhattan.

Mogao se vidjeti Manhattan.

Dvije minute kasnije,

Two minutes later,

three things happened at the same time.

tri stvari su se dogodile u isto vrijeme.

Pilot je izravnao avion s rijekom Hudson.

The pilot lines up the plane with the Hudson River.

To obično nije put.

That's usually not the route.

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

He turns off the engines.

On isključuje motore.

Now, imagine being in a plane with no sound.

Sada zamislite da ste u avionu bez zvuka.

And then he says three words.

A onda on kaže tri riječi --

najbezosjećajnije tri riječi koje sam ikad čuo.

The most unemotional three words I've ever heard.

Kaže, "Pripremite se za udarac."½

He says, "Brace for impact."

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

Više nisam morao razgovarati sa stjuardesom.

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

I could see in her eyes, it was terror.

Mogao sam vidjeti u njezinim očima,

to je bio užas. Život je došao kraju.

Life was over.

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

Sada želim s vama podijeliti tri stvari koje sam naučio o sebi taj dan.

I learned that it all changes in an instant.

Saznao sam da se sve promjeni u trenu.

We have this bucket list,

Mi imamo tu listu stvari,

we have these things we want to do in life,

imamo stvari koje želimo učiniti u životu,

a ja sam razmišljao o svim ljudima do kojih sam želio doprijeti a nisam,

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

sve ograde koje sam htio popraviti,

all the fences I wanted to mend,

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

sva iskustva koja sam htio imati a nikada ih nisam imao.

Dok sam razmišljao o tome kasnije,

As I thought about that later on,

I came up with a saying,

smislio sam uzrečicu,

which is, "I collect bad wines."

koja glasi, "Ja skupljam loše vina."

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

Jer ako je vino spremno i osoba je tamo, ja ga otvaram.

I no longer want to postpone anything in life.

Više ne želim išta odgađati u životu.

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

A ta hitnost, ta svrha,

je stvarno promijenila moj život.

The second thing I learned that day --

Druga stvar koju sam naučio taj dan --

and this is as we clear the George Washington Bridge,

a to je bilo nakon što smo preletjeli most George Washington-a,

which was by not a lot --

i to zamalo --

(Laughter)

Razmišljao sam, vau,

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

stvarno osjećam pravu žalost.

I've lived a good life.

Živio sam dobar život.

In my own humanity and mistakes,

Kroz svoju vlastitu čovječnost i pogreške,

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

pokušao sam biti bolji u svemu što sam probao.

Ali u svojoj čovječnosti,

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

također sam dopustio svom egu da uđe.

I požalio sam vrijeme koje sam izgubio

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

na stvari koje nisu bile važne

with people that matter.

s ljudima koji su mi bili važni.

I razmišljao sam o svom odnosu sa svojom ženom,

And I thought about my relationship with my wife,

with my friends, with people.

s prijateljima, s ljudima.

I nakon, dok sam razmišljao o tome,

And after, as I reflected on that,

odlučio sam eliminirati negativnu energiju iz mog života.

I decided to eliminate negative energy from my life.

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

Nije savršeno, ali je puno bolje.

Nisam se svađao sa svojom ženom već dvije godine.

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

To je odličan osjećaj.

It feels great.

Više ne pokušavam biti u pravu;

I no longer try to be right;

odlučio sam biti sretan.

I choose to be happy.

Treća stvar koju sam naučio --

The third thing I learned --

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

a ovo je kad vaš mentalni sat

počinje otkucavati, "15, 14, 13."

Možete vidjeti kako se voda približava.

You can see the water coming.

I'm saying, "Please blow up."

Rekao sam, "Molim te, eksplodiraj."

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

Ne želim da se ova stvar razlomi u 20 komada

like you've seen in those documentaries.

kao što ste vidjeli u svim tim dokumentarcima.

And as we're coming down,

I kako smo se spuštali,

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

imao sam osjećaj, vau,

umiranje nije strašno.

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

Gotovo kao da smo se pripremali za to cijeli naš život.

But it was very sad.

Ali bilo je jako tužno.

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

Nisam htio otići, ja volim svoj život.

And that sadness really framed in one thought,

I ta tuga

se uistinu uokvirila u jednu misao,

which is, I only wish for one thing.

koja je, želim samo jednu stvar.

Želim samo da mogu vidjeti svoju djecu kako odrastaju.

I only wish I could see my kids grow up.

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

Oko mjesec dana kasnije, bio sam na nastupu moje kćeri --

prvi razred, nema baš umjetnički talent ...

first-grader, not much artistic talent --

(Laughter)

... još.

Yet!

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

A ja plačem,

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

kao malo dijete.

I to je za mene imalo potpuni smisao.

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

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

Shvatio sam u tom trenutku,

spajanjem tih dviju točaka,

that the only thing that matters in my life

da je jedino što vrijedi u mom životu

is being a great dad.

da budem odličan tata.

Iznad svega, iznad svega,

Above all, above all,

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

jedini cilj koji imam u životu

je biti dobar tata.

I was given the gift of a miracle,

Dobio sam dar čuda,

da taj dan nisam umro.

of not dying that day.

I was given another gift,

Dobio sam još jedan dar,

which was to be able to see into the future

koji je bio taj da sam mogao vidjeti u budućnost

i vratiti se

and come back

and live differently.

živjeti drugačije.

Izazivam sve vas koji danas letite,

I challenge you guys that are flying today,

da zamislite da se ista stvar događa u vašem avionu --

imagine the same thing happens on your plane --

and please don't --

i molim da se ne dogodi --

but imagine, and how would you change?

ali zamislite, i kako biste se vi promijenili?

What would you get done

Što biste učinili a još niste

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

jer mislite da ćete biti tu zauvijek?

How would you change your relationships

Kako biste promijenili svoje odnose

and the negative energy in them?

i negativnu energiju u njima?

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

I najvažnije od svega, jeste li najbolji roditelj koji možete biti?

Hvala Vam.

Thank you.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)