John Francis: Walk the earth ... my 17-year vow of silence | TED

Translator: Janka Pazurikova Reviewer: Richard Hrdlovič

(Music)

(Hudba)

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

Thank you for being here.

Ďakujem, že tu ste.

And I say "thank you for being here" because I was silent for 17 years.

A hovorím ďakujem, že tu ste, pretože som 17 rokov mlčal.

And the first words that I spoke were in Washington, D.C.,

A prvé slová som povedal vo Washingtone, D.C.

on the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.

na 20. výročie Dňa Zeme.

And my family and friends had gathered there to hear me speak.

Moja rodina a priatelia sa tam zišli, aby ma počuli hovoriť.

And I said, "Thank you for being here."

A ja som povedal, "Ďakujem, že tu ste."

My mother, out in the audience, she jumped up,

Moja mama v hľadisku vyskočila

"Hallelujah, Johnny’s talking!"

"Aleluja, Johnny rozpráva!"

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

Imagine if you were quiet for 17 years

Predstavte si, že by ste boli ticho 17 rokov

and your mother was out in the audience, say.

a vaša matka by bola v hľadisku, keď prehovoríte.

My dad said to me, "That’s one" --

Môj otec mi povedal, "To je jedna vec" --

I’ll explain that.

vysvetlím to.

But I turned around because I didn’t recognize where my voice was coming from.

Otočil som sa, pretože som nevedel, odkiaľ môj hlas vychádza.

I hadn’t heard my voice in 17 years,

Nepočul som ho 17 rokov,

so I turned around and I looked and I said,

a tak som sa otočil, pozrel sa a povedal,

"God, who's saying what I’m thinking?"

"Preboha, kto hovorí, čo si myslím?"

And then I realized it was me, you know, and I kind of laughed.

Potom som si uvedomil, že to som bol ja, a zasmial som sa.

And I could see my father: "Yeah, he really is crazy."

Videl som svojho otca -- "Hej, naozaj je blázon."

Well, I want to take you on this journey.

Chcem vás vziať na cestu.

And the journey, I believe, is a metaphor for all of our journeys.

Tá cesta je metaforou všetkých našich ciest.

Even though this one is kind of unusual,

A hoci je trochu neobvyklá,

I want you to think about your own journey.

chcem, aby ste o nej uvažovali ako o vašej vlastnej ceste.

My journey began in 1971

Moja cesta začala v roku 1971,

when I witnessed two oil tankers collide beneath the Golden Gate,

keď som bol svedkom kolízie dvoch ropných tankerov pod Golden Gate,

and a half a million gallons of oil spilled into the bay.

pri ktorej sa do zálivu vylialo pol milióna galónov ropy.

It disturbed me so much

To ma tak znepokojilo,

that I decided that I was going to give up riding and driving in motorized vehicles.

že som sa rozhodol, že sa vzdám riadenia a jazdenia na motorových vozidlách.

That’s a big thing in California.

To je v Kalifornii veľká vec.

And it was a big thing in my little community of Point Reyes Station

A bola to veľká vec v mojej malej komunite Point Reyes Station

in Inverness, California, because there were only

v Inverness, Kalifornia, pretože tam žilo

about 350 people there in the winter – this was back in '71 now.

v zime asi len 350 ľudí -- to bolo v roku 1971.

And so when I came in and I started walking around, people --

A tak keď som tam prišiel a začal sa prechádzať,

they just knew what was going on.

ľudia vedeli, čo sa deje.

And people would drive up next to me

Prišli ku mne s autom

and say, "John, what are you doing?"

a spýtali sa, "John, čo to robíš?"

And I’d say, "Well, I’m walking for the environment."

A ja som povedal, "Nuž, chodím kvôli životnému prostrediu."

And they said, "No, you’re walking to make us look bad, right?

Oni povedali, "Nie, ty chodíš, aby sme my vyzerali zle, nie je tak?

You’re walking to make us feel bad."

Chodíš, aby sme sa my zle cítili."

And maybe there was some truth to that,

A možno v tom bol kus pravdy,

because I thought that if I started walking, everyone would follow.

pretože som si myslel, že keď začnem chodiť, všetci sa pridajú.

Because of the oil, everybody talked about the polllution.

Všetci hovorili o znečisťovaní.

And so I argued with people about that, I argued and I argued.

A tak som sa s nimi hádal a hádal, a hádal.

I called my parents up.

Zavolal som svojich rodičov.

I said, "I’ve given up riding and driving in cars."

Povedal som, "Vzdal som sa riadenia a vozenia sa v autách."

My dad said, "Why didn’t you do that when you were 16?"

Môj otec povedal, "Prečo si to neurobil, keď si mal 16?"

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

I didn’t know about the environment then.

Vtedy som ešte nevedel o životnom prostredí.

They’re back in Philadelphia.

Vtedy sme žili vo Philadephii.

And so I told my mother, "I’m happy though, I’m really happy."

Povedal som svojej matke, "Ale aj tak som šťastný, naozaj som šťastný."

She said, "If you were happy, son, you wouldn’t have to say it."

Ona povedala, "Ak by si bol šťastný, nemusel by si to hovoriť."

Mothers are like that.

Matky sú také.

And so, on my 27th birthday I decided, because I argued so much

A tak som sa na svoje 27. narodeniny rozhodol, keďže som sa tak veľa hádal

and I talk so much, that I was going to stop speaking

a tak veľa rozprával, že nebudem rozprávať.

for just one day -- one day -- to give it a rest.

Len na jeden deň -- jeden deň -- si od toho oddýchnem.

And so I did.

A tak som aj urobil.

I got up in the morning and I didn’t say a word.

Ráno som vstal a nepovedal som ani slovo.

And I have to tell you, it was a very moving experience,

Musím vám povedať, bol to veľmi inšpirujúci zážitok,

because for the first time, I began listening -- in a long time.

pretože po prvý raz som začal počúvať -- prvý raz po dlhom čase.

And what I heard, it kind of disturbed me.

A čo som počul, ma znepokojilo.

Because what I used to do, when I thought I was listening,

Pretože predtým keď som si myslel, že počúvam,

was I would listen just enough to hear what people had to say

tak som počúval len dovtedy, kým ľudia nepovedali, čo chceli

and think that I could -- I knew what they were going to say,

a myslel som si, že viem, čo povedia potom,

and so I stopped listening.

a tak som prestal počúvať.

And in my mind, I just kind of raced ahead

V mojej mysli som išiel dopredu

and thought of what I was going to say back,

a rozmýšľal som, čo im na to odpoviem,

while they were still finishing up.

zatiaľ čo oni ešte dokončovali svoju reč.

And then I would launch in.

A potom som spustil ja.

Well, that just ended communication.

A tak sa skončila komunikácia.

So on this first day I actually listened.

Takže v tento prvý deň som naozaj počúval.

And it was very sad for me,

A bolo to pre mňa veľmi smutné,

because I realized that for those many years I had not been learning.

pretože som si uvedomil, že celé tie roky som sa neučil.

I was 27. I thought I knew everything.

Mal som 27. Myslel som si, že viem všetko.

I didn’t.

Nevedel som.

And so I decided I’d better do this for another day,

A tak som sa rozhodol, že budem ticho ešte jeden deň

and another day, and another day until finally,

a ešte jeden deň, a ešte jeden deň, až som napokon

I promised myself for a year I would keep quiet

sám sebe sľúbil, že budem ticho celý rok,

because I started learning more and more and I needed to learn more.

pretože som sa začal viac a viac učiť a potreboval som sa naučiť ešte viac.

So for a year I said I would keep quiet,

Takže som bol ticho rok

and then on my birthday I would reassess what I had learned

a potom som sa svoje narodeniny prehodnotil, čo som sa naučil,

and maybe I would talk again.

a či začnem rozprávať.

Well, that lasted 17 years.

Vydržalo to 17 rokov.

Now during that time -- those 17 years -- I walked and I played the banjo

Počas tej doby -- tých 17 rokov -- som chodil a hral na bendžo,

and I painted and I wrote in my journal, and

a maľoval som, a písal som si denník,

I tried to study the environment by reading books.

a pokúšal som sa študovať životné prostredie čítaním kníh.

And I decided that I was going to go to school. So I did.

A rozhodol som sa, že pôjdem do školy. Tak som šiel.

I walked up to Ashland, Oregon,

Šiel som až nahor do Ashlandu v Oregone,

where they were offering an environmental studies degree.

kde ponúkali študijný odbor životné prostredie.

It’s only 500 miles.

Je to len 800 kilometrov.

And I went into the Registrar’s office and --

Šiel som do kancelárie študijného oddelenia a ...

"What, what, what?"

Čo, čo, čo?

I had a newspaper clipping.

Mal som výstrižok z novín ...

"Oh, so you really want to go to school here?

Takže vy tu chcete chodiť do školy?

You don’t …?

Vy nerozprávate...?

We have a special program for you." They did.

Máme pre vás špeciálny program. Mali.

And in those two years, I graduated with my first degree -- a bachelor’s degree.

A po tých dvoch rokoch som získal svoj prvý diplom -- bol som bakalár.

And my father came out, he was so proud.

Prišiel môj otec, bol taký hrdý.

He said, "Listen, we’re really proud of you son,

Povedal, "Počúvaj, naozaj sme na teba veľmi hrdý, syn môj,

but what are you going to do with a bachelor’s degree?

ale čo budeš robiť s bakalárskym titulom?

You don’t ride in cars, you don’t talk --

Nejazdíš na autách, nerozprávaš,

you’re going to have to do those things."

no budeš to musieť začať robiť."

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

I hunched my shoulder, I picked my backpack up again

Pokrčil som plecami, vzal som svoj batoh

and I started walking.

a vydal som sa na cestu.

I walked all the way up to Port Townsend, Washington, where I built a wooden boat,

Prešiel som celú cestu hore do Port Towsend v štáte Washington, kde som si postavil drevenú loď,

rode it across Puget Sound

a zišiel som s ňou cez Puget Sound,

and walked across Washington [to] Idaho and down to Missoula, Montana.

Idaho -- prešiel som cez Washington, Idaho a dole do Missouly, Montana.

I had written the University of Montana two years earlier

Dva roky predtým som napísal na Univerzitu v Montane,

and said I'd like to go to school there.

že by som tam rád chodil do školy.

I said I'd be there in about two years.

Napísal som, že prídem asi za dva roky.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And I was there. I showed up in two years and they --

A bol som tam. Ukázal som sa po dvoch rokoch a oni --

I tell this story because they really helped me.

hovorím tento príbeh, pretože mi naozaj pomohli.

There are two stories in Montana.

Z Montany mám dva príbehy.

The first story is I didn’t have any money -- that’s a sign I used a lot.

Prvým je, že som nemal žiadne peniaze -- to je posunok, ktorý som používal často.

And they said,"Don't worry about that."

A oni povedali, "Tým sa netrápte."

The director of the program said, "Come back tomorrow."

Vedúci programu povedal, "Príďte zajtra."

He gave me 150 dollars,

Dal mi 150 dolárov

and he said, "Register for one credit.

a povedal, "Zaregistrujte si jeden kredit.

You’re going to go to South America, aren’t you?"

Idete do Južnej Ameriky, či nie?"

And I said --

Ja som povedal --

Rivers and lakes, the hydrological systems, South America.

Rieky a jazerá, hydrologické systémy, Južná Amerika.

So I did that.

A tak som to urobil.

He came back; he said to me,

Vrátil sa ku mne a povedal mi,

"OK John, now that you've registered for that one credit,

"Ok John, teraz keď ste si zaregistrovali jeden kredit,

you can have a key to an office, you can matriculate --

dostanete kľúč od kancelárie, môžete byť zapísaný --

you’re matriculating, so you can use the library.

a keďže ste zapísaný, môžete chodiť do knižnice.

And what we’re going to do

A urobíme to takto.

is, we’re going to have all of the professors allow you to go to class.

Všetci profesori ti dovolia chodiť na ich prednášky

They’re going to save your grade,

a následne ti uložia tvoju známku.

and when we figure out how to get you the rest of the money,

A až prídeme na to, ako ti zoženieme zvyšok peňazí,

then you can register for that class and they’ll give you the grade."

budeš sa môcť zaregistrovať oficiálne a oni ti dajú tvoju uloženú známku."

Wow, they don’t do that in graduate schools, I don’t think.

Wow, nemyslím, že to na vysokých školách takto robia bežne.

But I use that story because they really wanted to help me.

Používam ale ten príbeh, pretože mi naozaj chceli pomôcť.

They saw that I was really interested in the environment,

Videli, že sa naozaj zaujímam o životné prostredie

and they really wanted to help me along the way.

a naozaj mi chceli pomôcť nájsť spôsob.

And during that time, I actually taught classes without speaking.

A kým som tam bol, vyučoval som bez toho, aby som hovoril.

I had 13 students when I first walked into the class.

Mal som 13 študentov, keď som prvý raz vošiel do triedy

I explained, with a friend who could interpret my sign language,

a vysvetlil som im pomocou môjho priateľa, ktorý prekladal moju znakovú reč,

that I was John Francis, I was walking around the world,

že ja som John Francis, chodím po svete,

I didn’t talk and this was the last time

nerozprávam a toto je prvý a posledný raz,

this person’s going to be here interpreting for me.

čo ma bude niekto prekladať.

All the students sat around and they went ...

Študenti si sadli a pozerali sa asi takto ...

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

I could see they were looking for the schedule,

A videl som, že hľadali svoje rozvrhy,

to see when they could get out.

aby videli, kedy sa odtiaľ dostanú.

They had to take that class with me.

Museli tú hodinu absolvovať.

Two weeks later, everyone was trying to get into our class.

A o dva týždne neskôr sa do tej triedy chcel dostať každý.

And I learned in that class -- because I would do things like this ...

Veľa som sa tam naučil -- pretože som robil niečo takéto ...

and they were all gathered around, going, "What's he trying to say?"

a všetci boli zhromaždení, tápajúci, čo sa to snažím povedať?

"I don't know, I think he's talking about clear cutting." "Yeah, clear cutting."

Neviem, myslím, že hovorí o čistom výrube. Áno, čistý výrub.

"No, no, no, that's not clear cutting, that’s -- he's using a handsaw."

Nie, nie, nie, to nie je čistý výrub -- používa ručnú pílku.

"Well, you can’t clearcut with a ..."

Nemôžeš predsa píliť s ...

"Yes, you can clear cut ..."

Ale áno, môžeš ...

"No, I think he’s talking about selective forestry."

Nie, myslím, že hovorí o ...

Now this was a discussion class and we were having a discussion.

Bola to diskusná trieda a my sme diskutovali.

I just backed out of that, you know, and I just kind of kept the fists from flying.

Ja som trochu odstúpil a len som dával pozor, aby sa nepobili.

But what I learned was that sometimes I would make a sign

Ale naučil som sa, že keď ukážem znak,

and they said things that I absolutely did not mean,

povedia veci, ktoré som vôbec nemal na mysli,

but I should have.

ale mal som mať.

And so what came to me is, if you were a teacher

A prišiel som na to, že ak ste učiteľ

and you were teaching, if you weren’t learning

a učíte, a ak sa pritom neučíte aj vy,

you probably weren’t teaching very well.

tak asi neučíte dobre.

And so I went on.

A tak som pokračoval.

My dad came out to see me graduate

Môj otec prišiel na promóciu

and, you know, I did the deal,

a, viete, urobil som toto,

and my father said, "We’re really proud of you son, but ... "

a môj otec povedal, "Naozaj sme na teba hrdí, synu, ale ..."

You know what went on,

Viete, čo pokračovalo,

he said, "You’ve got to start riding and driving and start talking.

"Musíš začať jazdiť na aute a rozprávať.

What are you going to do with a master’s degree?"

Čo budeš robiť s titulom inžiniera?"

I hunched my shoulder, I got my backpack

Pokrčil som plecami, vzal som svoj batoh

and I went on to the University of Wisconsin.

a šiel som na Wisconsinskú univerzitu.

I spent two years there writing on oil spills.

Tam som strávil dva roky písaním o únikoch ropy.

No one was interested in oil spills.

Nikoho vtedy úniky ropy nezaujímali.

But something happened --

Ale potom sa niečo stalo --

Exxon Valdez.

Exxon Valdez.

And I was the only one in the United States writing on oil spills.

A ja som bol jediný, kto v USA písal o únikoch ropy.

My dad came out again.

Môj otec znovu prišiel.

He said, "I don't know how you do this, son --

Povedal, "Neviem, ako to robíš, synu,

I mean, you don't ride in cars, you don’t talk.

nejazdíš na autách, nerozprávaš.

My sister said maybe I should leave you alone,

Moja sestra mi povedala, že by som ťa mal nechať na pokoji,

because you seem to be doing a lot better

pretože to vyzerá tak, že sa ti oveľa lepšie darí,

when you’re not saying anything."

keď nič nehovoríš."

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

Well, I put on my backpack again.

Znovu som si dal na chrbát svoj batoh.

I put my banjo on and I walked all the way to the East Coast,

Vzal som svoje bendžo a prešiel som celú cestu na východné pobrežie,

put my foot in the Atlantic Ocean --

ponoril som svoju nohu do Atlantického Oceána --

it was seven years and one day it took me to walk across the United States.

trvalo mi sedem rokov a jeden deň prejsť cez Spojené štáty.

And on Earth Day, 1990 --

A na Deň Zeme v roku 1990,

the 20th anniversary of Earth Day -- that’s when I began to speak.

na 20. výročie Dňa Zeme, som začal rozprávať.

And that’s why I said, "Thank you for being here."

A preto som povedal, "Ďakujem, že tu ste."

Because it's sort of like that tree in the forest falling;

Pretože je to ako v tom príbehu -- ak v lese spadne strom

and if there's no one there to hear, does it really make a sound?

a nikto to nepočuje, vydal vôbec nejaký zvuk?

And I’m thanking you, and I'm thanking my family

A ja ďakujem vám a ďakujem svojej rodine,

because they had come to hear me speak.

pretože prišli, aby ma počuli hovoriť.

And that’s communication.

A to je komunikácia.

And they also taught me about listening -- that they listened to me.

Oni ma naučili počúvať a oni počúvali mňa.

And it’s one of those things that came out of the silence,

Jednou z vecí, ktorá vychádza z mlčania,

the listening to each other.

je počúvať jeden druhého.

Really, very important --

Naozaj je to veľmi dôležité --

we need to listen to each other.

potrebujeme počúvať jeden druhého.

Well, my journey kept going on.

Moja cesta pokračovala.

My dad said, "That’s one,"

Otec povedal, "To je jedna vec."

and I still didn’t let that go.

a ja som tú druhú stále neopustil.

I worked for the Coastguard, was made a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador.

Pracoval som na pobrežnej stráži a stal som sa ambasádorom dobrej vôle OSN.

I wrote regulations for the United States --

Písal som nariadenie pre USA --

I mean, I wrote oil spill regulations.

myslím tým nariadenia pre únik ropy.

20 years ago, if someone had said to me,

Keby mi niekto pred 20 rokmi povedal,

"John, do you really want to make a difference?"

"John, naozaj chceš zmeniť svet?"

"Yeah, I want to make a difference."

"Jasné, chcem zmeniť svet."

He said, "You just start walking east;

Povedal by, "Začni kráčať smerom na východ,

get out of your car and just start walking east."

vystúp si z auta a začni kráčať na východ."

And as I walked off a little bit, they'd say, "Yeah, and shut up, too."

A keď by som trochu podišiel, povedal by, "Ozaj, a sklapni.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

"You’re going to make a difference, buddy."

Naozaj zmeníš svet, chlapče."

How could that be, how could that be?

Ako by to mohlo byť?

How could doing such a simple thing like walking and not talking

Ako som mohol niečo zmeniť len tým,

make a difference?

že som chodil a nerozprával?

Well, my time at the Coast Guard was a really good time.

Pri pobrežnej stráži som zažil pekné obdobie.

And after that -- I only worked one year --

A potom -- tam som pracoval len rok --

I said, "That's enough. One year's enough for me to do that."

som si povedal, "To stačí, jeden rok mi stačí."

I got on a sailboat and I sailed down to the Caribbean,

Nasadol som na loďku a zišiel som dole do Karibského mora,

and walked through all of the islands, and to Venezuela.

prešiel som všetky tie ostrovy a prišiel som do Venezuely.

And you know, I forgot the most important thing,

Viete, zabudol som najdôležitejšiu vec,

which is why I started talking, which I have to tell you.

ktorá bola dôvodom, prečo som začal rozprávať.

I started talking because I had studied environment.

Začal som rozprávať, pretože som vyštudoval životné prostredie,

I’d studied environment at this formal level,

a to aj na tejto úrovni, formálnej úrovni,

but there was this informal level.

ale bola tam aj neformálna úroveň.

And the informal level --

A tá neformálna úroveň --

I learned about people, and what we do and how we are.

naučil som sa popritom veľa o ľuďoch, o tom, čo robíme a akí sme.

And environment changed from just being about trees and birds

A životné prostredie prešlo od stromov a vtákov

and endangered species to being about how we treated each other.

a ohrozených druhov k tomu, ako sa správame jeden k druhému.

Because if we are the environment,

Pretože ak sme my prostredím,

then all we need to do is look around us

potom sa stačí poobzerať okolo seba

and see how we treat ourselves and how we treat each other.

a uvedomiť si, ako sa správame sami k sebe a jeden k druhému.

And so that’s the message that I had.

A to bolo moje posolstvo.

And I said, "Well, I'm going to have to spread that message."

Povedal som si, "Musím to posolstvo šíriť."

And I got in my sailboat, sailed all the way through the Caribbean --

Nasadol som na svoju loď, zišiel som dolu do Karibského mora --

it wasn't really my sailboat, I kind of worked on that boat --

nebola to tak úplne moja loď, ale pracoval som na nej --

got to Venezuela and I started walking.

prišiel som do Venezuely a začal som kráčať.

This is the last part of this story, because it’s how I got here,

Toto je posledná časť príbehu, pretože je o tom, ako som sa dostal sem,

because I still didn't ride in motorized vehicles.

keďže stále neriadim motorové vozidlá.

I was walking through El Dorado -- it's a prison town, famous prison,

Prechádzal som cez El Dorado -- je tam slávne väzenie,

or infamous prison -- in Venezuela, and I don’t know what possessed me,

alebo neslávne väzenie -- vo Venezuele, a neviem, čo ma to pochytilo,

because this was not like me.

pretože toto sa na mňa nepodobá.

There I am, walking past the guard gate and the guard stops and says,

Prechádzal som popri strážnej bráne a strážnik zastavil a hovorí,

"Pasaporte, pasaporte," and with an M16 pointed at me.

"Pasaporte, pasaporte" a mieri na mňa M16.

And I looked at him and I said, "Passport, huh?

A ja som sa na neho pozrel a povedal, "Pas, hm,

I don't need to show you my passport. It’s in the back of my pack.

nemusím vás ukazovať svoj pas, mám ho vzadu v batohu.

I'm Dr. Francis; I'm a U.N. Ambassador and I'm walking around the world."

Som Dr. Francis, som ambasádor Spojených Národov a chodím po svete."

And I started walking off.

A začal som kráčať preč.

What possessed me to say this thing?

Čo ma to pochytilo, vravieť také dačo?

The road turned into the jungle.

Cesta mierila do džungle.

I didn’t get shot.

Nevystrelil.

And I got to -- I start saying, "Free at last --

Začal som hovoriť, keď som bol voľný,

thank God Almighty, I’m free at last."

vďaka ti Bože, konečne som voľný.

"What was that about," I’m saying. What was that about?

Čo to bolo, vravím si, čo to bolo?

It took me 100 miles to figure out that, in my heart, in me,

Trvalo mi 160 kilometrov, kým som zistil, že vo svojom srdci

I had become a prisoner.

som sa stal väzňom.

I was a prisoner and I needed to escape.

Bol som väzňom a potreboval som utiecť.

The prison that I was in was the fact that I did not drive

Väzením bol ten fakt, že som neriadil

or use motorized vehicles.

a nepoužíval motorové vozidlá.

Now how could that be?

Ako sa to mohlo stať?

Because when I started, it seemed very appropriate to me

Pretože keď som s tým začal, zdalo sa mi vhodné

not to use motorized vehicles.

nepoužívať motorové vozidlá.

But the thing that was different

Rozdiel bol v tom,

was that every birthday, I asked myself about silence,

že každé narodeniny som sa sám seba pýtal na mlčanie,

but I never asked myself about my decision to just use my feet.

ale nikdy som sa nespýtal na rozhodnutie používať len svoje nohy.

I had no idea I was going to become a U.N. Ambassador.

Nemal som ani tušenie, že sa stanem ambasádorom Spojených národov.

I had no idea I would have a Ph.D.

Nemal som ani tušenie, že budem mať Ph.D.

And so I realized that I had a responsibility to more than just me,

Uvedomil som si, že mám väčšiu zodpovednosť než len za seba

and that I was going to have to change.

a že sa musím zmeniť.

You know, we can do it.

Viete, dokážeme sa zmeniť.

I was going to have to change.

A ja som sa musel zmeniť.

And I was afraid to change,

Bál som sa toho,

because I was so used to the guy who only just walked.

pretože som bol taký zvyknutý na chlapíka, ktorý iba kráčal.

I was so used to that person that I didn’t want to stop.

Bol som naňho tak zvyknutý, že som s tým nechcel prestať.

I didn’t know who I would be if I changed.

Nevedel som, kým budem, keď sa zmením.

But I know I needed to.

Ale vedel som, že to potrebujem.

I know I needed to change, because it would be the only way

Vedel som, že sa potrebujem zmeniť, pretože to bol jediný spôsob,

that I could be here today.

ako som sa tu dnes mohol dostať.

And I know that a lot of times

A viem, že mnohokrát

we find ourselves in this wonderful place where we’ve gotten to,

sme na úžasných miestach, na ktoré sme sa dostali,

but there’s another place for us to go.

ale sú ďalšie miesta, na ktoré môžeme ísť.

And we kind of have to leave behind the security of who we’ve become,

A musíme zanechať bezpečie toho, kým sme sa stali,

and go to the place of who we are becoming.

a ísť na miesto toho, kým sa môžeme stať.

And so, I want to encourage you to go to that next place,

Chcem vás povzbudiť, aby ste šli na to ďalšie miesto,

to let yourself out of any prison that you might find yourself in,

aby ste utiekli z akéhokoľvek väzenia, v ktorom ste,

as comfortable as it may be, because we have to do something now.

akokoľvek je to tam pohodlné, pretože práve teraz musíme niečo urobiť.

We have to change now.

Práve teraz sa musíme zmeniť.

As our former Vice President said,

Ako povedal náš predošlý viceprezident,

we have to become activists.

musíme sa stať aktivistami.

So if my voice can touch you,

Takže ak sa vás dotýka môj hlas,

if my actions can touch you, if my being here can touch you,

ak sa vás dotýkajú moje činy, ak sa vás dotýka to, že som tu,

please let it be.

prosím nechajte to ovplyvniť vás.

And I know that all of you have touched me

A ja viem, že vy všetci ste sa dotkli mňa,

while I’ve been here.

ako tu stojím.

So, let’s go out into the world

Poďme von do sveta

and take this caring, this love, this respect

a vezmime zo sebou tú starostlivosť, tú lásku, ten rešpekt,

that we’ve shown each other right here at TED,

ktorý tu na TEDe prejavujeme jeden druhému

and take this out into the world.

a vezmime ich von do sveta.

Because we are the environment,

Pretože my sme prostredie,

and how we treat each other

a to, ako sa správame jeden k druhému

is really how we’re going to treat the environment.

je to, ako sa správame k životnému prostrediu.

So I want to thank you for being here

Takže vám ďakujem, že tu ste,

and I want to end this in five seconds of silence.

a chcem to ukončiť piatimi sekundami ticha.

Thank you.

Ďakujem.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)