In uncertain times, think like a mother | Yifat Susskind

Prevoditelj: Petra Lauš Recezent: Sanda L

One morning, 18 years ago,

Jednog jutra prije 18 godina

I stepped out of a New York City subway on a beautiful day in September.

izašla sam iz podzemne u New Yorku i bio je prekrasan rujanski dan.

The sun was warm and bright, the sky was a clear, perfect blue.

Sunce je sjalo i grijalo, nebo je bilo savršeno plavo i bez oblaka.

I had my six-month-old son in one of those front-facing baby carriers,

U nosiljci sam imala šestomjesečnog sina okrenutog prema naprijed,

you know, so he could see everything.

znate, da bi sve mogao vidjeti.

And when I turned right on Sixth Avenue,

Kada sam skrenula desno u Šestu aveniju,

what he saw

ono što je vidio

was the World Trade Center on fire.

bio je Svjetski trgovački centar u plamenu.

As soon as I realized that this was an attack,

Čim sam shvatila da se dogodio napad,

the first thing I did, without even really thinking about it,

prva stvar koju sam učinila bez razmišljanja

was to take my baby and turn him around in that carrier.

bila je da okrenem sina u toj nosiljci.

I didn't want him to see what was going on.

Nisam htjela da vidi što se događa.

And I just remember feeling so grateful that he was still young enough

Sjećam se da sam se osjećala zahvalnom da je još dovoljno mali

that I didn't have to tell him that someone had done this on purpose.

da mu ne moram reći da je netko to napravio namjerno.

9/11 was like crossing a border,

9/11 bio je poput prelaska granice,

a hostile border into dangerous, uncharted territory.

neprijateljske granice u opasan i nepoznat teritorij.

The world was suddenly in this terrifying new place,

Svijet se odjednom našao u toj strašnoj, novoj situaciji

and I was in this place as a new mother.

i ja u njoj kao novopečena majka.

I remember my thoughts kind of ping-ponging around

Sjećam se da su mi misli išle na sve strane kao ping pong loptice,

from, "How am I ever going to protect this baby?"

od "Kako ću ikad zaštititi ovu bebu?"

to, "How am I ever going to get some sleep?"

do "Kako ću se ikada naspavati?"

Well, my son turned 18 this year,

Moj je sin napunio 18 ove godine,

along with millions of other people who were babies on 9/11.

kao i milijuni drugih ljudi koji su bili bebe kad se dogodio napad.

And in that time,

Tada,

we have all crossed into this hostile, uncharted territory

svi smo mi prešli u taj neprijateljski i nepoznati teritorij

of climate breakdown,

klimatskog sloma,

of endless wars,

beskonačnih ratova,

of economic meltdowns,

ekonomskih slomova,

of deep political divisions,

dubokih političkih podjela,

of the many crises around the world that I don't need to list off,

mnogih kriza širom svijeta koje ne trebam nabrajati

because they are blaring at you every single day from your news feed.

jer svaki dan trešte s vašeg news feeda.

But there is something I've learned in these 18 years of parenting

Ali ima nešto što sam naučila tijekom 18 godina roditeljstva

and in my years leading a global women's rights organization.

i tijekom godina vođenja globalne organizacije za prava žena.

There is a way to face these big crises in the world

Postoji način da se suočimo s tim velikim svjetskim krizama

without feeling overwhelmed and despairing.

bez da se osjećamo zatrpani i očajni.

It's simple, and it's powerful.

Jednostavan je i snažan.

It's to think like a mother.

Misliti kao majka.

Now, to be clear, you don't have to be a woman

Da pojasnim, ne morate biti žena

or a parent to do this.

ili roditelj da biste to učinili.

Thinking like a mother is a lens that's available to everybody.

Misliti kao majka je leća koja je dostupna svima.

The poet Alexis De Veaux writes,

Pjesnikinja Alexis De Veaux piše,

"Motherhood is not simply the organic process of giving birth.

"Majčinstvo nije samo organski proces rađanja.

It's an understanding of the needs of the world."

Ono je razumijevanje potreba svijeta."

Now, it's easy to focus on all of the obstacles

Lako je zaokupiti se preprekama

to making this the world we want:

na putu prema svijetu kakav želimo:

greed, inequality, violence.

pohlepa, nejednakost, nasilje.

Yes, there is all of that.

Da, sve to postoji.

But there's also the option to plant a seed, a different seed,

Ali postoji i opcija da posadimo drugačije sjeme

and cultivate what you want to see grow,

i uzgajamo ono što želimo da raste,

even in the midst of crisis.

čak i usred krize.

Majid from Iraq understands this.

Majid iz Iraka to shvaća.

He is a housepainter by trade

On je soboslikar po zanimanju

and someone who believes deeply in equal rights for women.

i duboko vjeruje u jednaka prava za žene.

When ISIS invaded northern Iraq where he lives,

Kada je ISIS napao sjeverni Irak gdje on živi,

he worked with a local women's organization

radio je s lokalnom organizacijom žena

to help build an underground railroad,

kako bi pomogao napraviti podzemnu prugu,

an escape network for women's rights activists

mrežu za bijeg aktivista za ženska prava

and LGBTIQ folks who were targeted with assassination.

i pripadnika LGBTIQ zajednice koji su bili mete ubojstva.

And when I asked Majid why he risked his own life

Kada sam Majida pitala zašto je riskirao svoj vlastiti život

to bring people to safety,

kako bi pomogao ljudima da nađu sigurnost,

he said to me,

rekao mi je:

"If we want a brighter future,

"Ako želimo svjetliju budućnost,

we have to build it now in the dark times

moramo je graditi sada u mračnim vremenima

so that one day we can live in the light."

kako bismo jednog dana mogli živjeti na svjetlu.

That's what social justice work is, and that's what mothers do.

Tako funkcionira socijalna pravda i to je ono što majke rade.

We act in the present with an idea of the future

Djelujemo u sadašnjosti s idejom budućnosti

that we want to bring about.

koju želimo ostvariti.

All of the best ideas seem impossible at first.

Sve najbolje ideje čine se nemogućima na početku.

But just in my lifetime,

Ali samo u mom životnom vijeku,

we've seen the end of apartheid,

svjedočili smo kraju apartheida,

the affirmation that women's rights are human rights,

potvrdi da su prava žena ljudska prava,

marriage equality,

bračnoj jednakosti,

the fall of dictators who ruled for decades

padu diktatora koji su vladali desetljećima

and so much more.

i još mnogočemu.

All of these things seemed impossible

Sve su se te stvari činile nemogućima

until people took action to make them happen,

sve dok ljudi nisu počeli djelovati da ih ostvare

and then, like, almost right away,

i onda su se gotovo odmah

they seemed inevitable.

činile neminovnima.

When I was growing up,

Kada sam odrastala,

whether we were stuck in traffic or dealing with a family tragedy,

bilo da smo zapeli u prometu ili se nosili s tragedijom u obitelji,

my mother would say,

moja bi majka rekla:

"Something good is going to happen, we just don't know what it is yet."

"Nešto dobro će se dogoditi, samo još ne znamo što."

Now, I will admit that my brothers and I make fun of her for this,

Priznajem da joj se moja braća i ja smijemo zbog toga,

but people ask me all the time

ali ljudi me stalno pitaju

how I deal with the suffering that I see in my work

kako se nosim s patnjom koju vidim dok radim

in refugee camps and disaster zones,

u izbjegličkim kampovima i postradalim područjima,

and I think of my mom and that seed of possibility

i pomislim na svoju mamu i to sjeme mogućnosti

that she planted in me.

koje je posadila u meni.

Because, when you believe that something good is coming

Jer kada vjeruješ da dolazi nešto dobro

and you're part of making it happen,

i dio si ostvarivanja toga,

you start to be able to see beyond the suffering

počneš gledati dalje od patnje,

to how things could be.

ono kakve bi stvari mogle biti.

Today, there is a new set of necessary ideas

Danas imamo nove potrebne ideje

that seem impossible but one day will feel inevitable:

koje se čine nemogućima ali će se jednog dana činiti neminovnima:

that we could end violence against women,

da bismo mogli stati na kraj nasilju nad ženama,

make war a thing of the past,

učiniti da ratovi budu stvar prošlosti,

learn to live in balance with nature before it's too late

naučiti živjeti u ravnoteži s prirodom prije nego što postane prekasno

and make sure that everybody has what they need to thrive.

i osigurati da svi imaju ono što im treba da napreduju.

Of course, being able to picture a future like this is not the same thing

Naravno, sposobnost zamisliti takvu budućnost nije isto što i

as knowing what to do to make it come about,

znati što da učinimo da je ostvarimo,

but thinking like a mother can help with that, too.

ali misliti kao majka može pomoći i u tome.

A few years ago,

Prije nekoliko godina

East Africa was gripped by a famine,

istočnu Afriku pogodila je glad,

and women I know from Somalia

i žene iz Somalije koje znam

walked for days carrying their hungry children

hodale su danima noseći svoju gladnu djecu

in search of food and water.

u potrazi za hranom i vodom.

A quarter of a million people died,

Četvrt milijuna ljudi je umrlo

and half of them were babies and toddlers.

i pola njih bile su bebe i djeca.

And while this catastrophe unfolded,

Dok se ta katastrofa događala,

too much of the world looked away.

prevelik dio svijeta skrenuo je pogled.

But a group of women farmers in Sudan,

Ali grupa zemljoradnica u Sudanu,

including Fatima Ahmed -- that's her holding the corn --

uključujući Fatimu Ahmed, to je ona koja drži kukuruz,

heard about what was happening.

čula je što se događa.

And they pooled together the extra money that they had from their harvest

Zajedno su skupile dodatnu zaradu od svoje berbe

and asked me to send it to those Somali mothers.

i zamolile me da je pošaljem majkama u Somaliji.

Now, these farmers could have decided that they didn't have the power to act.

Zemljoradnice su mogle odlučiti da nemaju moć djelovati.

They were barely getting by themselves,

Jedva su krpale kraj s krajem,

some of them.

neke od njih.

They lived without electricity, without furniture.

Živjele su bez struje i namještaja.

But they overrode that.

Ali prešle su preko toga.

They did what mothers do:

Učinile su što majke čine:

they saw themselves as the solution and they took action.

sebe su vidjele kao rješenje i djelovale su.

You do it all the time if you have kids.

Ako imate djecu, radite to stalno.

You make major decisions about their health care,

Donosite velike odluke o njihovoj zdravstvenoj zaštiti,

their education, their emotional well-being,

obrazovanju, emocionalnom zadovoljstvu,

even if you're not a doctor or a teacher or a therapist.

čak iako niste liječnici, učitelji ili psiholozi.

You recognize what your child needs

Prepoznate što vaše dijete treba

and you step up to provide it the best you can.

i djelujete kako biste mu to pružili najbolje što možete.

Thinking like a mother means seeing the whole world

Misliti poput majke znači vidjeti cijeli svijet

through the eyes of those who are responsible

očima onih koji su odgovorni

for its most vulnerable people.

za najranjivije ljude na svijetu.

And we're not used to thinking of subsistence farmers as philanthropists,

Nismo navikli razmišljati o zemljoradnicima kao o filantropima,

but those women were practicing the root meaning of philanthropy:

ali te su žene prakticirale filantropiju u njezinu temeljnom značenju:

love for humanity.

ljubavi za čovječanstvo.

What's at the core of thinking like a mother shouldn't be a surprise:

Ono što je u središtu mišljenja poput majke ne bi trebalo biti iznenađenje:

it's love.

to je ljubav.

Because, love is more than just an emotion.

Jer ljubav je više od osjećaja.

It's a capacity, a verb,

Ona je sposobnost, glagol,

an endlessly renewable resource --

beskonačno obnovljiv resurs,

and not just in our private lives.

i ne samo u našim privatnim životima.

We recognize hate in the public sphere.

Prepoznajemo mržnju u javnoj sferi.

Right? Hate speech, hate crimes.

Zar ne? Govor mržnje, zločin iz mržnje.

But not love.

Ali ne ljubav.

What is love in the public sphere?

Što je ljubav u javnoj sferi?

Well, Cornel West, who is not a mother but thinks like one,

Cornel West koji nije majka, ali misli poput majke,

says it best:

najbolje to kaže:

"Justice is what love looks like in public."

"Pravda je ono kako ljubav u izgleda u javnoj sferi."

And when we remember that every policy is an expression of social values,

Kada se sjetimo da je svaka politika izraz socijalnih vrijednosti,

love stands out as that superstar value,

ljubav se ističe kao super vrijednost,

the one best able to account for the most vulnerable among us.

ona koja najbolje može biti odgovorna za najranjivije od nas.

And when we position love as a kind of leading edge

Kada ljubavi damo najvažniju poziciju

in policy making,

u donošenju politika,

we get new answers to fundamental social questions,

dobijemo nove odgovore na osnovna socijalna pitanja,

like, "What's the economy for?"

kao "Čemu služi gospodarstvo?"

"What is our commitment to those in the path of the hurricane?"

"Koja je naša obveza onima koji su na putu uragana?"

"How do we greet those arriving to our borders?"

"Kako da pozdravimo one koji dolaze do naših granica?"

When you think like a mother,

Kada mislite kao majka,

you prioritize the needs of the many,

prioritet dajete potrebama mnogih,

not the whims of the few.

a ne hirovima nekolicine.

When you think like a mother,

Kada mislite kao majka,

you don't build a seawall around beachfront property,

ne gradite zid oko imovine na plaži

because that would divert floodwaters

jer to bi skrenulo poplave

to communities that are still exposed.

prema zajednicama koje su još uvijek izložene.

When you think like a mother,

Kada mislite kao majka,

you don't try to prosecute someone

ne pokušavate tužiti nekoga

for leaving water for people crossing the desert.

zato što je ostavio vode za ljude koji idu pustinjom.

Because, you know --

Zato što znate...

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Because you know that migration,

Zato što znate da je migracija,

just like mothering,

baš kao majčinstvo,

is an act of hope.

djelo nade.

Now, not every mother thinks like a mother.

Ne misli svaka majka poput majke.

When presented with a choice, some of us have made the wrong one,

Kada nam se pružio izbor, neki su od nas izabrali krivo,

hiding behind weapons or barbed wire or privilege

skrivajući se iza oružja ili bodljikave žice ili privilegija

to deny the rest of the world,

kako bi porekli ostatak svijeta,

thinking they can see their way to safety in some kind of armed lifeboat

misleći da do sigurnosti mogu doći u nekoj vrsti naoružanog spasilačkog broda

fueled by racism and xenophobia.

koji pokreće rasizam i ksenofobija.

Not every mother is a role model,

Nije svaka majka uzor,

but all of us have a choice.

ali svi mi imamo izbor.

Are we going to jump on that armed lifeboat

Skočiti na naoružani brod za spašavanje

or work together to build a mother ship that can carry everyone?

ili raditi zajedno da sagradimo matični brod koji može nositi sve?

You know how to build that mother ship,

Znate kako sagraditi taj matični brod,

how to repair the world and ease the suffering.

kako popraviti svijet i umanjiti patnju.

Think like a mother.

Mislite kao majka.

Thinking like a mother is a tool we can all use

Misliti kao majka je alat koji svi možemo koristiti

to build the world we want.

kako bismo izgradili svijet kakav želimo.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)