The opportunity of adversity | Aimee Mullins

Translator: Judge Pau Reviewer: handarmin -

I'd like to share with you a discovery that I made a few months ago

Saya ingin membagi temuan saya beberapa bulan yang lalu

while writing an article for Italian Wired.

saat menulis artikel utk majalah Wired versi Italia

I always keep my thesaurus handy whenever I'm writing anything,

Saya suka meletakkan thesaurus di dekat saya ketika menulis,

but I'd already finished editing the piece,

Seselesainya saya menulis artikel itu

and I realized that I had never once in my life

saya baru sadar bahwa seumur hidup

looked up the word "disabled" to see what I'd find.

saya belum pernah mencari kata "cacat" pd thesaurus itu

Let me read you the entry.

Izinkan saya membacakan apa yg tertulis

"Disabled, adjective: crippled, helpless, useless, wrecked,

"Cacat," kata sifat: "puntung, tak berdaya, tak berguna, rusak,

stalled, maimed, wounded, mangled, lame, mutilated,

macet, kudung, terluka, terkoyak, pincang, termutilasi

run-down, worn-out, weakened, impotent, castrated, paralyzed, handicapped,

buruk, aus, lemah, impoten, terkebiri, lumpuh, buntung

senile, decrepit, laid-up, done-up, done-for, done-in

pikun, jompo, terjerebab, habis, selesai, terpuruk

cracked-up, counted-out;

kacau, tidak diperhitungkan;

see also hurt, useless and weak.

lihat juga, tak berguna dan lemah.

Antonyms, healthy, strong, capable."

Antonim, sehat, kuat, mampu."

I was reading this list out loud to a friend and at first was laughing,

Waktu saya bacakan daftar ini pada teman saya, awalnya saya tertawa,

it was so ludicrous,

ini amat sangat konyol,

but I'd just gotten past "mangled," and my voice broke,

namun sehabis membaca kata "terkoyak", saya terguncang,

and I had to stop and collect myself

dan saya harus berhenti untuk menenangkan diri

from the emotional shock and impact that the assault from these words unleashed.

dari serangan dan pukulan bathin yg dilancarkan makna kata-kata ini.

You know, of course, this is my raggedy old thesaurus

Saya lalu membela diri, thesaurus saya itu edisi lama

so I'm thinking this must be an ancient print date, right?

Saya pikir mungkin definisi-definisi itu kedaluarsa

But, in fact, the print date was the early 1980s,

Tapi faktanya, tanggal cetaknya adalah awal 1980-an

when I would have been starting primary school

saat saya memulai sekolah dasar

and forming an understanding of myself outside the family unit

dan membentuk pengertian atas diri sendiri di luar keluarga

and as related to the other kids and the world around me.

dan membina hubungan dgn anak-anak lain beserta lingkungannya

And, needless to say, thank God I wasn't using a thesaurus back then.

Dan tentu saja saya belum tahu cara menggunakan thesaurus waktu itu

I mean, from this entry, it would seem that I was born into a world

Maksud saya, dari apa yg tercantum, sepertinya saya dilahirkan ke dunia

that perceived someone like me

yang melihat seseorang seperti saya

to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them,

sbg sosok tanpa memiliki hal positif apapun yg bisa ditawarkan

when in fact, today I'm celebrated for the opportunities and adventures

padahal saat ini saya dikenal atas kesempatan dan petualangan

my life has procured.

yg ditunjukkan hidup saya.

So, I immediately went to look up the 2009 online edition,

Maka, saya langsung merujuk ke edisi online tahun 2009,

expecting to find a revision worth noting.

dengan harapan ada revisi yang patut dicatat

Here's the updated version of this entry.

Ini adalah yg tercantum di versi termuktahir

Unfortunately, it's not much better.

Sayangnya, tidak jauh beda

I find the last two words under "Near Antonyms," particularly unsettling:

Buat saya dua kata terakhir dibawah tajuk "lawan kata dekat" sangat meresahkan,

"whole" and "wholesome."

"utuh" dan "bajik."

So, it's not just about the words.

Jadi sebenarnya bukan masalah katanya.

It's what we believe about people when we name them with these words.

tapi apa pandangan kita thd seseorang ketika kita labeli mereka dengan kata itu

It's about the values behind the words, and how we construct those values.

Ini tentang nilai yg terkandung dlm kata, dan bagaimana kita membangun nilai itu

Our language affects our thinking and how we view the world

Bahasa mempengaruhi pikiran dan cara pandang kita terhadap dunia

and how we view other people.

dan terhadap orang lain

In fact, many ancient societies, including the Greeks and the Romans,

Bahkan, masyarakat kuno, seperti masyarakat Yunani dan Romawi

believed that to utter a curse verbally was so powerful,

percaya bahwa mengutuk itu sangat serius secara verbal

because to say the thing out loud brought it into existence.

karena dengan mengucapkannya nilai yg terkandung hadir dalam realita

So, what reality do we want to call into existence:

Jadi, apa yang ingin kita hadirkan dalam realita,

a person who is limited, or a person who's empowered?

orang yang serba terbatas, atau orang yang serba bisa ?

By casually doing something as simple as naming a person, a child,

Hal sesederhana seperti memberi nama pada seorang anak

we might be putting lids and casting shadows on their power.

bisa berdampak buruk pada potensi anak tersebut

Wouldn't we want to open doors for them instead?

Tidakkan kita ingin membuka pintu peluang bagi mereka?

One such person who opened doors for me was my childhood doctor

Salah satu orang, yg telah membuka pintu peluang saya, adalah dokter

at the A.I. duPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware.

masa kecil saya di A.I Dupont di Wilmington, Delaware.

His name was Dr. Pizzutillo,

Namanya Dr. Pizzutillo.

an Italian American, whose name, apparently,

Orang Amerika keturunan Italia, yang namanya, memang

was too difficult for most Americans to pronounce,

terlalu sulit untuk diucapkan oleh kebanyakan orang Amerika

so he went by Dr. P.

akhirnya ia dipanggil Dr.P.

And Dr. P always wore really colorful bow ties

Dr. P selalu memakai dasi kupu-kupu yang berwarna-warni

and had the very perfect disposition to work with children.

dan perangainya sangat cocok untuk bergaul dengan anak-anak

I loved almost everything about my time spent at this hospital,

Saya sangat menyukai semua kenangan di rumah sakti itu,

with the exception of my physical therapy sessions.

kecuali waktu sesi-sesi terapi fisiknya

I had to do what seemed like innumerable repetitions of exercises

saya diharuskan mengulang-ulang latihan yang sama

with these thick, elastic bands -- different colors,

dengan pita elastik yg tebal -- dalam berbagai warna --

you know -- to help build up my leg muscles,

yang maksudnya buat menguatkan otot kaki saya

and I hated these bands more than anything --

dan saya benci sekali dengan pita-pita itu

I hated them, had names for them. I hated them.

Saking sebalnya saya juluki macam-macam. Pokoknya sebal.

And, you know, I was already bargaining, as a five year-old child,

dan, tahu tidak, umur 5 tahun saya sudah bisa tawar menawar

with Dr. P to try to get out of doing these exercises,

dengan Dr. P untuk mangkir dari latihan-latihan itu,

unsuccessfully, of course.

gagal melulu, tentu saja.

And, one day, he came in to my session --

tapi suatu hari dia datang ke sesi terapi saya

exhaustive and unforgiving, these sessions --

latihan yang sangat melelahkan dan kejam --

and he said to me, "Wow. Aimee, you are such a strong and powerful little girl,

dan bilang pada saya, "Wah Aimee, kecil-kecil ternyata kamu luar biasa kuat ya,

I think you're going to break one of those bands.

tampaknya kamu bisa patahkan pita-pita itu

When you do break it, I'm going to give you a hundred bucks."

kalau benar patah, saya berikan kamu 100 USD."

Now, of course, this was a simple ploy on Dr. P's part

Ya, tentu saja, yang dilancarkan Dr. P ini tipuan kuno

to get me to do the exercises I didn't want to do

supaya saya lakukan latihan yang saya benci itu

before the prospect of being the richest five-year-old in the second floor ward,

dengan iming-iming jadi anak umur 5 paling kaya di lantai dua,

but what he effectively did for me was reshape an awful daily occurrence

tapi yang penting adalah dia berhasil mengubah siksaan sehari-hari

into a new and promising experience for me.

jadi sesuatu yg baru dan seru buat saya.

And I have to wonder today to what extent his vision

Sampai sekarang saya masih penasaran, sejauh apa visi

and his declaration of me as a strong and powerful little girl

dan keyakinannya tentang saya yg meski kecil tapi kuat

shaped my own view of myself

akan terus membentuk opini saya

as an inherently strong, powerful and athletic person well into the future.

terhadap diri saya sendiri sebagai sosok yang dasarnya memang kuat dan atletis

This is an example of how adults in positions of power

Ini adalah contoh peranan orang dewasa yang berkuasa

can ignite the power of a child.

dapat membangkitkan kekuatan pada anak-anak.

But, in the previous instances of those thesaurus entries,

Tapi, menilik dari apa yang tercantum pada thesaurus

our language isn't allowing us to evolve into the reality that we would all want,

bahasa kita menghalangi kita menghadirkan realita yang kita idamkan,

the possibility of an individual to see themselves as capable.

peluang memandang diri sendiri sebagai orang yang mampu

Our language hasn't caught up with the changes in our society,

Bahasa kita tertinggal oleh perkembangan masyarakat

many of which have been brought about by technology.

yang banyak dipengaruhi teknologi

Certainly, from a medical standpoint,

Tentu saya, secara medis

my legs, laser surgery for vision impairment,

kaki saya, pembedahan laser buat cacat mata,

titanium knees and hip replacements for aging bodies

lutut dari titanium dan transplantasi untuk organ yang melemah

that are allowing people to more fully engage with their abilities,

yang telah memungkinkan orang beraktifitas penuh

and move beyond the limits that nature has imposed on them --

menerabas batas-batas alam yang merintangi

not to mention social networking platforms

ditambah lagi dengan jejaring-jejaring sosial,

allow people to self-identify, to claim their own descriptions of themselves,

yang telah memungkinkan orang mendefinisikan dirinya sendiri

so they can go align with global groups of their own choosing.

sehingga bisa memilih untuk bergabung dengan kelompok yang lebih besar

So, perhaps technology is revealing more clearly to us now

Jadi, mungkin teknologi telah menunjukkan lebih jelas

what has always been a truth:

apa yang selalu merupakan kebenaran

that everyone has something rare and powerful to offer our society,

bahwa tiap orang punya keunikan dan bisa berkarya dalam masyarakat

and that the human ability to adapt is our greatest asset.

dan modal terbesar manusia adalah kemampuannya beradaptasi

The human ability to adapt, it's an interesting thing,

Kemampuan beradaptasi ini hal yg menarik

because people have continually wanted to talk to me about overcoming adversity,

karena orang-orang selalu bertanya tentang cara saya menghadapi kesulitan,

and I'm going to make an admission:

saya akan berterus terang

This phrase never sat right with me,

Saya kurang setuju dengan ungkapan itu

and I always felt uneasy trying to answer people's questions about it,

saya selalu resah dalam upaya menjawab pertanyaan orang tentang hal ini

and I think I'm starting to figure out why.

dan saya mulai paham apa alasannya

Implicit in this phrase of "overcoming adversity"

Tersirat dalam ungkapan "Mengatasi kesulitan"

is the idea that success, or happiness,

adalah pikiran bahwa kesuksesan, atau kebahagiaan

is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experience

didapat dengan keluar dari sisi lain dari suatu situasi yang penuh tantangan

unscathed or unmarked by the experience,

tanpa terpengaruh oleh apa yang dialami,

as if my successes in life have come about from an ability

seolah kesuksesan dalam hidup tergantung pd kemampuan

to sidestep or circumnavigate the presumed pitfalls of a life with prosthetics,

mengakali atau bermanuver agar terhindar dari kesulitan dgn prostetik

or what other people perceive as my disability.

atau yang dianggap orang sebagai cacat tubuh

But, in fact, we are changed. We are marked, of course, by a challenge,

Padahal sebenarnya kami berubah, tentu saja, dipengaruhi tantangan yg dialami

whether physically, emotionally or both.

baik secara fisik, mental atau keduanya.

And I'm going to suggest that this is a good thing.

Dan izinkan saya sampaikan, ini adalah hal yang baik

Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around

kesulitan bukan untuk dihindari

in order to resume living our life.

sekedar untuk meneruskan hidup

It's part of our life.

tapi kesulitan dalah bagian dr hidup

And I tend to think of it like my shadow.

kesulitan tak ubahnya seperti bayangan saya

Sometimes I see a lot of it, sometimes there's very little,

Kadang terlihat banyak, kadang terlihat sedikit

but it's always with me.

tapi tidak pernah meninggalkan saya

And, certainly, I'm not trying to diminish the impact, the weight, of a person's struggle.

tentu saja tidak berarti saya menyepelekan dampak dan nilai perjuangan seseorang

There is adversity and challenge in life,

Kesulitan dan tantangan selalu ada dlm hidup

and it's all very real and relative to every single person,

semuanya nyata dan relatif bagi tiap orang

but the question isn't whether or not you're going to meet adversity,

tapi pertanyaannya bukan apakah kita akan mengalaminya atau tidak

but how you're going to meet it.

tapi bagaimana kita akan menghadapinya.

So, our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity,

Jadi, tanggung jawab kita bukan untuk melindungi orang yg kita cintai dari kesulitan

but preparing them to meet it well.

tapi membekali mereka untuk menghadapinya dengan baik

And we do a disservice to our kids

Akan berakibat buruk buat anak-anak

when we make them feel that they're not equipped to adapt.

kalau kita buat mereka merasa tidak mampu beradaptasi

There's an important difference and distinction

Ada perbedaan dan pembedaan penting

between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee

antara fakta objektif medis tentang ke-cacat-an saya

and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I'm disabled.

dan opini subjektif masyarakat tentang kemampuan saya.

And, truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I've had to confront

Dan sejujurnya, satu-satunya ke-tidak-mampu-an yang kerap saya alami

is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.

adalah berdamai dengan dunia yang menerima semua definisi itu tentang saya

In our desire to protect those we care about

Dalam upaya melindungi mereka yang kita cintai

by giving them the cold, hard truth about their medical prognosis,

ketika menyampaikan kenyataan pahit dari prognosis medis

or, indeed, a prognosis on the expected quality of their life,

atau kadang prognosis dari kualitas hidup yang tersisa

we have to make sure that we don't put the first brick in a wall

kita harus pastikan kita tidak ciptakan rintangan pertama

that will actually disable someone.

yg malah memupuskan kemampuan orang.

Perhaps the existing model of only looking at what is broken in you

Mungkin pola pikir umum yang fokus pada apa yang salah pada diri orang

and how do we fix it, serves to be more disabling to the individual

dan bagaimana memperbaikinya, lebih memandulkan orang

than the pathology itself.

daripada penyakitnya sendiri

By not treating the wholeness of a person,

Dengan mengabaikan keutuhan orang

by not acknowledging their potency,

dengan mengingkari potensi mereka

we are creating another ill on top of whatever natural struggle they might have.

kita menciptakan penyakit lain diatas problem alamiah yang tengah mereka hadapi

We are effectively grading someone's worth to our community.

Kita memilah-milah orang dalam masyarakat

So we need to see through the pathology

Jadi kita harus bisa melihat lebih jauh dari penyakit

and into the range of human capability.

dan memahami kemampuan manusia yg utuh

And, most importantly, there's a partnership

Dan yang tak kalah penting, ada kerjasama

between those perceived deficiencies

antara apa yg dianggap kekurangan

and our greatest creative ability.

dengan kreativitas kita

So it's not about devaluing, or negating, these more trying times

Jadi bukannya merendahkan atau menolak, masa-masa sulit

as something we want to avoid or sweep under the rug,

yg dianggap aib dan perlu disembunyikan.

but instead to find those opportunities wrapped in the adversity.

tapi justru mencari peluang dalam kesulitan yg ada

So maybe the idea I want to put out there is

Jadi yang saya mau sampaikan bukan

not so much overcoming adversity

bagaimana mengatasi kesulitan

as it is opening ourselves up to it,

karena intinya lebih pada membuka diri

embracing it,

merangkulnya

grappling with it,

memperjuangkannya

to use a wrestling term,

atau meminjam istilah pegulat

maybe even dancing with it.

berdansa dgn kesulitan

And, perhaps, if we see adversity as natural, consistent and useful,

Dan mungkin dengan melihat kesulitan sebagain sesuatu yang alamiah, konsisten dan

we're less burdened by the presence of it.

berguna, kita jadi tidak terlalu tertekan

This year we celebrate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin,

Tahun ini kita peringati ulang tahun ke 200 Charles Darwin

and it was 150 years ago, when writing about evolution,

Dan 150 tahun yang lalu, ketika tengah menulis tentang evolusi

that Darwin illustrated, I think, a truth about the human character.

Darwin menyatakan suatu kebenaran, menurut saya, tentang karakter manusia

To paraphrase: It's not the strongest of the species that survives,

Yang bunyinya kurang lebih, bukan spesies terkuat yang akan bertahan

nor is it the most intelligent that survives;

bukan pula spesies yang tercerdas yang akan bertahan

it is the one that is most adaptable to change.

tapi yg mampu beradaptasi dengan perubahan lah yang akan bertahan

Conflict is the genesis of creation.

Pertentangan adalah asal mula kreasi

From Darwin's work, amongst others, we can recognize that

Dari hasil kerja Darwin, antara lain, kita jadi menyadari

the human ability to survive and flourish

kemampuan manusia untuk bertahan dan tumbuh

is driven by the struggle of the human spirit through conflict

didorong pergulatan semangat manusia untuk keluar dari pertentangan

into transformation.

dan bertransformasi

So, again, transformation, adaptation, is our greatest human skill.

Jadi, sekali lagi, perubahan, adaptasi, adalah keahlian utama manusia

And, perhaps, until we're tested, we don't know what we're made of.

Dan, mungkin, setelah dianalisa, kita baru paham siapa kita ini..

Maybe that's what adversity gives us:

Mungkin itulah jasa kesulitan

a sense of self, a sense of our own power.

yg memberikan kita jati diri, kemandirian

So, we can give ourselves a gift.

dan rasa bersyukur

We can re-imagine adversity as something more than just tough times.

Wita bayangkan kesulitan bukan sebagai masa-masa susah

Maybe we can see it as change.

tapi sebagai perubahan

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

Kesulitan adalah perubahan yang kita belum terima

I think the greatest adversity that we've created for ourselves

Menurut saya rintangan terbesar yg kita buat sendiri

is this idea of normalcy.

adalah konsep tentang ke-normal-an.

Now, who's normal?

Sekarang, siapa yang normal?

There's no normal.

Tidak ada yang normal.

There's common, there's typical. There's no normal,

Ada yang umum, ada yang khusus, tidak ada yang normal

and would you want to meet that poor, beige person if they existed?

Kalaupun ada apa anda mau ketemu orang seperti itu ?

(Laughter)

(tertawa)

I don't think so.

Saya kira juga tidak.

If we can change this paradigm from one of achieving normalcy

Kalau kita bisa ubah cara pandang dari yg tadinya mengejar ke-normal-an

to one of possibility -- or potency, to be even a little bit more dangerous --

ke yang meyakini adanya peluang, potensi atau bahkan yang agak berbahaya

we can release the power of so many more children,

kita bisa menuai keunggulan dari anak-anak kita

and invite them to engage their rare and valuable abilities with the community.

mengundang, melibatkan keunikan dan kemampuan mereka ke dalam masyarakat

Anthropologists tell us that the one thing

Pakar antropologi bilang yang paling utama

we as humans have always required of our community members

yang kita sebagai manusia butuhkan dari anggota komunitas

is to be of use, to be able to contribute.

adalah kegunaan dan kontribusi mereka.

There's evidence that Neanderthals, 60,000 years ago,

Terdapat bukti bahwa 60.000 tahun yang lalu, Neanderthals

carried their elderly and those with serious physical injury,

membopong para lansia dan mereka yang secara fisik terluka

and perhaps it's because the life experience of survival of these people

mungkin karena pengalaman hidup yg membuat mereka bertahan

proved of value to the community.

dihargai dalam komunitas itu

They didn't view these people as broken and useless;

mereka tidak dipandang sebagai rusak atau sampah

they were seen as rare and valuable.

mereka dipandang sebagai yang jarang dan berharga

A few years ago, I was in a food market in the town where I grew up

Beberapa tahun yang lalu, di sebuah pasar di kota kelahiran saya

in that red zone in northeastern Pennsylvania,

di daerah yg sibuk di sebelah timur laut Pennsylvania

and I was standing over a bushel of tomatoes.

saya tengah memilah tomat

It was summertime: I had shorts on.

waktu itu musim panas. Saya pakai celana pendek

I hear this guy, his voice behind me say, "Well, if it isn't Aimee Mullins."

Saya dengar orang berujar dibelakang saya, "Wah ternyata Aimee Mullins."

And I turn around, and it's this older man. I have no idea who he is.

Saya berpaling dan mendapati orang tua yang tidak saya kenal

And I said, "I'm sorry, sir, have we met? I don't remember meeting you."

jadi saya bilang, "Maaf, apa kita pernah ketemu ? Saya tidak ingat."

He said, "Well, you wouldn't remember meeting me.

Dia bilang, "Tentu saja anda tidak akan ingat

I mean, when we met I was delivering you from your mother's womb."

Waktu kita ketemu saya tengah membantu ibumu melahirkanmu."

(Laughter)

(tertawa)

Oh, that guy.

Oh, Dia...

And, but of course, actually, it did click.

Tapi kemudian saya baru ingat

This man was Dr. Kean,

Orang ini Dr Kean

a man that I had only known about through my mother's stories of that day,

orang yang saya tahu hanya dari cerita ibu saya

because, of course, typical fashion, I arrived late for my birthday by two weeks.

karena ternyata saya lahir lewat dua minggu dari yg seharusnya

And so my mother's prenatal physician had gone on vacation,

Saat itu dokter kandungan ibu saya sedang liburan

so the man who delivered me was a complete stranger to my parents.

jadi yang membantu persalinan adalah orang asing ini

And, because I was born without the fibula bones,

dan karena saya lahir tanpa tulang kering

and had feet turned in, and a few toes in this foot and a few toes in that,

kaki saya tertekuk dengan beberapa jari di sana sini

he had to be the bearer -- this stranger had to be the bearer of bad news.

dia mengemban tugas berat menjadi orang yang memberitakan kabar buruk

He said to me, "I had to give this prognosis to your parents

Dia bilang ,"saya harus jelaskan ke orang tua mu

that you would never walk,

bahwa kamu mungkin tidak pernah bisa jalan

and you would never have the kind of mobility that other kids have

kamu tidak akan bisa bergerak seperti anak-anak lainnya

or any kind of life of independence,

atau tidak akan merasakan kebebasan yg sama.

and you've been making liar out of me ever since."

dan kamu membuat saya jadi pembohong."

(Laughter)

(tertawa)

(Applause)

(tepuk tangan)

The extraordinary thing is that he said he had saved

Yang luar biasa adalah ketika dia bilang

newspaper clippings throughout my whole childhood,

dia mengumpulkan kliping tentang saya sejak saya kecil

whether winning a second grade spelling bee,

Ketika saya juara dua lomba mengeja

marching with the Girl Scouts, you know, the Halloween parade,

baris berbaris sbg pramuka, biasalah, parade halloween

winning my college scholarship, or any of my sports victories,

dapat beasiswa kampus atau prestasi olah raga lainnya

and he was using it, and integrating it into teaching resident students,

dan dia menggunakannya untuk mengajar di sekolah lokal

med students from Hahnemann Medical School and Hershey Medical School.

pada siswa kedokteran di Hahnemann dan Hershey

And he called this part of the course the X Factor,

dan menyebut bahan kuliahnya ini Faktor X

the potential of the human will.

kekuatan tekad manusia

No prognosis can account for how powerful this could be

Tidak ada prognosis yang bisa menjelaskan bagaimana kekuatan ini

as a determinant in the quality of someone's life.

jadi penentu kualitas hidup seseeorang

And Dr. Kean went on to tell me,

dan Dr. Kean melanjutkan,

he said, "In my experience, unless repeatedly told otherwise,

dia bilang, "Dari pengalaman saya, kecuali kalau diyakinkan sebaliknya

and even if given a modicum of support,

bahkan dengan dukungan seadanya sekalipun

if left to their own devices, a child will achieve."

kalau dibiarkan berkreasi sendiri, si anak pasti berprestasi."

See, Dr. Kean made that shift in thinking.

Dr. Kean mengubah pola pikirnya

He understood that there's a difference between the medical condition

Dia paham adanya perbedaan antara kondisi medis

and what someone might do with it.

dan apa yang orang bisa capai

And there's been a shift in my thinking over time,

Dan sejalan dengan waktu pola pikir saya juga berubah

in that, if you had asked me at 15 years old,

Dalam hal, kalau 15 tahun yang lalu anda tanya saya

if I would have traded prosthetics for flesh-and-bone legs,

apa saya akan menukar prostetik dengan tulang daging sungguhan

I wouldn't have hesitated for a second.

Saya akan tukar tanpa pikir panjang

I aspired to that kind of normalcy back then.

Saya berkiblat pada ke-normal-an waktu itu

But if you ask me today, I'm not so sure.

Tapi kalau ditanya sekarang, saya tidak yakin

And it's because of the experiences I've had with them,

karena saya merasakan pengalaman yang saya alami

not in spite of the experiences I've had with them.

bukan gara-gara pengalaman yang saya alami

And perhaps this shift in me has happened

Dan mungkin perubahan ini terjadi karena

because I've been exposed to more people who have opened doors for me

saya habiskan waktu lebih banyak dengan mereka yg membukakan pintu

than those who have put lids and cast shadows on me.

ketimbang dengan mereka yang menutup pintu.

See, all you really need is one person

Yang anda butuhkan hanya satu orang

to show you the epiphany of your own power, and you're off.

yang bisa menunjukkan potensi sesungguhnya diri anda

If you can hand somebody the key to their own power --

Kalau anda tunjukkan hal yang sama pada orang lain

the human spirit is so receptive -- if you can do that

jiwa manusia itu sangat mudah menerima, kalau anda bisa

and open a door for someone at a crucial moment,

membukakan pintu buat seseorang di saat yang kritis

you are educating them in the best sense.

anda mendidiknya dengan cara yg paling benar

You're teaching them to open doors for themselves.

Anda mengajarkan cara membuka pintu buat diri sendiri

In fact, the exact meaning of the word "educate"

Sebenarnya, makna kata "educate"

comes from the root word "educe."

berasal dari akar kata "educe"

It means "to bring forth what is within,

yg artinya , menampilkan yang terpendam

to bring out potential."

menggali potensi

So again, which potential do we want to bring out?

Jadi sekali lagi, potensi apa yang kita mau hadirkan ?

There was a case study done in 1960s Britain,

Ada sebuah studi yg dilakukan di Inggris tahun 1960-an

when they were moving from grammar schools to comprehensive schools.

ketika mereka berpindah dari sistem sekolah tata bahasa menuju sekolah komprehensif

It's called the streaming trials. We call it "tracking" here in the States.

Ini disebut Streaming Trials. Kami menyebutnya Tracking di Amerika

It's separating students from A, B, C, D and so on.

Yang mengelompokkan siswa jadi grup A, B, C,D, dll

And the "A students" get the tougher curriculum, the best teachers, etc.

Kelompok A mendapat kurikulum yg lebih susah, guru terbaik, dan lain lain.

Well, they took, over a three-month period,

Selama tiga bulan lebih

D-level students, gave them A's,

kelompok D diberi nilai A

told them they were "A's," told them they were bright,

diberitahu bahwa mereka berbakat

and at the end of this three-month period,

dan ketika masa 3 bulan lewat

they were performing at A-level.

mereka berprestasi bak kelompok A

And, of course, the heartbreaking, flip side of this study,

Dan tentu saja, yang menyedihkan, kebalikannya

is that they took the "A students" and told them they were "D's."

mereka meyakinkan siswa kelompok A bahwa kualitas mereka sebatas D

And that's what happened at the end of that three-month period.

dan memang hanya itu yang dicapai diakhir masa percobaan

Those who were still around in school, besides the people who had dropped out.

oleh mereka yang bertahan di sekolah, sisanya putus sekolah semua.

A crucial part of this case study was that the teachers were duped too.

Penemuan penting dr studi ini adalah, para guru juga bagian dari eksperimen

The teachers didn't know a switch had been made.

mereka tidak tahu kalau siswa-siswa itu telah ditukar

They were simply told, "These are the 'A-students,' these are the 'D-students.'"

Mereka cuma diberitahu yang mana siswa berpredikat A mana yang D

And that's how they went about teaching them and treating them.

Dan ternyata perlakuan mereka berbeda ketika mengajar

So, I think that the only true disability is a crushed spirit,

Jadi menurut saya jiwa yang tergilas adalah cacat yang sesungguhnya.

a spirit that's been crushed doesn't have hope,

jiwa yang tergilas tidak punya harapan

it doesn't see beauty,

tidak mampu mengagumi keindahan

it no longer has our natural, childlike curiosity

tidak lagi punya keingintahuan yg lugu

and our innate ability to imagine.

dan tidak lagi mampu berimajinasi

If instead, we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope,

Tapi jika alih-alih kita bisa besarkan jiwa manusia agar tetap

to see beauty in themselves and others,

mampu mengenali keindahan dirinya dan orang lain

to be curious and imaginative,

mampu berimajinasi dan penuh pertanyaan

then we are truly using our power well.

kita baru menggunakan kekuatan kita dgn baik

When a spirit has those qualities, we are able to create new realities

Ketika jiwa tumbuh seperti itu, kita mampu menghadirkan realita yg baru

and new ways of being.

dan cara baru untuk hidup

I'd like to leave you with a poem

Saya akan bacakan sebuah puisi

by a fourteenth-century Persian poet named Hafiz

oleh pujangga Persia abad ke-14 bernama Hafiz

that my friend, Jacques Dembois told me about,

yang disampaikan teman saya Jacques Dembois

and the poem is called "The God Who Only Knows Four Words":

Judul puisinya adalah "Tuhan yang hanya tahu empat kata"

"Every child has known God,

Tiap anak mengenal sesosok Tuhan

not the God of names,

Tapi bukan yg punya berbagai gelar

not the God of don'ts,

Bukan juga yang selalu bilang jangan

but the God who only knows four words and keeps repeating them,

tapi Tuhan yang hanya kenal 4 kata dan terus mengulanginya,

saying, 'Come dance with me.

dgn mengatakan, Mari berdansalah denganku"

Come, dance with me. Come, dance with me.'"

Mari berdansalah denganku

Thank you.

Terima kasih.

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)