Caroline Casey: Looking past limits

Translator: Ivana Hezelyova Reviewer: Richard Hrdlovič

Can any of you

Vie si niekto z vás

remember what you wanted to be

spomenúť, čím chcel byť

when you were 17?

keď mal 17?

Do you know what I wanted to be?

Viete, čím som chcela byť ja?

I wanted to be a biker chick.

Chcela som byť bikerkou.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

I wanted to race cars,

Chcela som pretekať na autách,

and I wanted to be a cowgirl,

chcela som byť kovbojkou

and I wanted to be Mowgli from "The Jungle Book."

a chcela som byť Mauglí z Knihy džunglí.

Because they were all about being free,

Pretože to všetko bolo o voľnosti --

the wind in your hair -- just to be free.

vietor vo vlasoch -- jednoducho byť voľná.

And on my seventeenth birthday,

A na moje 17. narodeniny

my parents, knowing how much I loved speed,

mi moji rodičia, ktorí vedeli ako milujem rýchlosť,

gave me one driving lesson

darovali jednu lekciu šoférovania,

for my seventeenth birthday.

na moje 17. narodeniny.

Not that we could have afforded I drive,

Nie že by sme si mohli dovoliť, aby som jazdila,

but to give me the dream of driving.

ale len aby mi dali sen jazdy.

And on my seventeenth birthday,

A na moje 17. narodeniny

I accompanied my little sister

som sprevádzala svoju malú sestru,

in complete innocence,

v absolútnej nevinnosti,

as I always had all my life --

ako v svojom živote dovtedy zakaždým --

my visually impaired sister --

moju zrakovo postihnutú sestru --

to go to see an eye specialist.

na návštevu k očnému lekárovi.

Because big sisters

Pretože všetky veľké sestry

are always supposed to support their little sisters.

by mali vždy podporovať svoje malé sestry.

And my little sister wanted to be a pilot --

A moja malá sestra chcela byť pilotkou --

God help her.

Boh jej pomáhaj.

So I used to get my eyes tested

Zvykla som si nechať otestovať svoje oči,

just for fun.

len tak pre zábavu.

And on my seventeenth birthday,

A na moje 17. narodeniny,

after my fake eye exam,

po mojom falošnom vyšetrení,

the eye specialist just noticed it happened to be my birthday.

si očný lekár všimol, že mám akurát narodeniny.

And he said, "So what are you going to do to celebrate?"

A povedal: "Tak ako to osláviš?"

And I took that driving lesson,

A ja som zobrala tú lekciu šoférovania

and I said, "I'm going to learn how to drive."

a povedala: "Idem sa naučiť jazdiť."

And then there was a silence --

A potom bolo ticho --

one of those awful silences

jedna z tých hrozných chvíľ,

when you know something's wrong.

keď viete, že je niečo zle.

And he turned to my mother,

A on sa otočil k mojej mame

and he said, "You haven't told her yet?"

a opýtal sa: "Vy ste jej to nepovedali?"

On my seventeenth birthday,

Na moje 17. narodeniny,

as Janis Ian would best say,

akoby povedala Janice Ian,

I learned the truth at 17.

dozvedela som sa pravdu v sedemnástich:

I am, and have been since birth,

Som, a od narodenia som bola,

legally blind.

právoplatne slepá.

And you know,

A viete,

how on earth did I get to 17

ako som preboha mohla dôjsť až do 17

and not know that?

a nevedieť to?

Well, if anybody says country music isn't powerful,

Nuž, ak niekto hovorí, že country hudba nie je silná,

let me tell you this:

dovoľte mi povedať vám:

I got there

Dostala som sa sem

because my father's passion for Johnny Cash

vďaka vášni môjho otca pre Johnnyho Casha

and a song, "A Boy Named Sue."

a pesničke s názvom "A Boy Named Sue."

I'm the eldest of three. I was born in 1971.

Som najstaršia z troch. Narodila som sa roku 1971.

And very shortly after my birth,

A veľmi krátko po mojom narodení

my parents found out I had a condition called ocular albinism.

moji rodičia zistili, že mám takzvaný očný albinizmus.

And what the hell does that mean to you?

Čo to dopekla znamená?

So let me just tell you, the great part of all of this?

Tak mi dovoľte povedať vám najlepšiu časť tohto celého?

I can't see this clock and I can't see the timing,

Nevidím tieto hodiny a nevidím ako mi beží čas,

so holy God, woohoo! (Laughter)

takže svätý Bože, woohoo!,

I might buy some more time.

mohla by som získať nejaký čas.

But more importantly, let me tell you --

Ale čo je dôležitejšie, dovoľte mi povedať --

I'm going to come up really close here. Don't freak out, Pat.

prídem sem celkom blízko. Nevzrušuj sa, Pat.

Hey.

Hej.

See this hand?

Vidíte túto ruku?

Beyond this hand is a world of Vaseline.

Za touto rukou, je svet Vazelíny.

Every man in this room, even you, Steve,

Každý muž v tejto miestnosti, dokonca aj ty, Steve,

is George Clooney.

je George Clooney.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And every woman, you are so beautiful.

A každá žena -- ste tak krásne.

And when I want to look beautiful, I step three feet away from the mirror,

A keď chcem vyzerať krásne, odstúpim meter od zrkadla,

and I don't have to see these lines etched in my face

a nemusím vidieť tieto čiary vyryté do mojej tváre

from all the squinting I've done all my life

zo všetkého toho žmúrenia, čo som v mojom živote robila,

from all the dark lights.

zo všetkých tých tmavých svetiel.

The really strange part is

Tá naozaj zvláštna vec je,

that, at three and a half, just before I was going to school,

že keď som mala tri a pol, rovno pred nástupom do školy,

my parents made a bizarre, unusual

moji rodičia urobili bizarné, neobvyklé

and incredibly brave decision.

a neskutočne odvážne rozhodnutie.

No special needs schools.

Žiadna špeciálna škola.

No labels.

Žiadne škatuľkovanie.

No limitations.

Žiadne obmedzenia.

My ability and my potential.

Moje schopnosti a môj potenciál.

And they decided to tell me

A rozhodli sa mi povedať,

that I could see.

že môžem vidieť.

So just like Johnny Cash's Sue,

Takže presne ako Sue Jhonnyho Casha,

a boy given a girl's name,

chlapec, ktorému dali dievčenské meno,

I would grow up and learn from experience

mala som vyrásť a učiť sa zo skúseností,

how to be tough and how to survive,

ako byť húževnatá a ako prežiť,

when they were no longer there to protect me,

keď tam už nebudú, aby ma ochránili

or just take it all away.

alebo to všetko zobrali preč.

But more significantly,

Ale čo je podstatnejšie,

they gave me the ability

dali mi schopnosť

to believe,

veriť,

totally, to believe that I could.

úplne veriť, že to dokážem.

And so when I heard that eye specialist

Takže keď som počula očného

tell me all the things, a big fat "no,"

ako mi hovorí všetky tie veci, veľké tučné "nie",

everybody imagines I was devastated.

všetci si predstavia, že som bola zničená.

And don't get me wrong, because when I first heard it --

A nechápte ma zle, pretože keď som to prvýkrát počula --

aside from the fact that I thought he was insane --

okrem toho, že som si myslela, že je šialený --

I got that thump in my chest,

dostala som to búšenie v hrudi --

just that "huh?"

to "huh".

But very quickly I recovered. It was like that.

Ale veľmi rýchlo som sa zotavila. Tak to bolo.

The first thing I thought about was my mom,

Prvá vec, na ktorú som pomyslela bola moja mama,

who was crying over beside me.

ktorá plakala vedľa mňa.

And I swear to God, I walked out of his office,

A prisahám Bohu, vyšla som z jeho ordinácie,

"I will drive. I will drive.

"Budem jazdiť. Budem jazdiť.

You're mad. I'll drive. I know I can drive."

Si blázon. Ja budem jazdiť. Viem, že dokážem jazdiť."

And with the same dogged determination

A s tým istým zaťatým odhodlaním,

that my father had bred into me since I was such a child --

s akým ma môj otec od detstva vychovával --

he taught me how to sail,

naučil ma plaviť sa,

knowing I could never see where I was going, I could never see the shore,

aj keď vedel, že nikdy nebudem môcť vidieť kam idem, nikdy neuvidím breh,

and I couldn't see the sails, and I couldn't see the destination.

neuvidím plachty, a neuvidím cieľ.

But he told me to believe

Ale povedal mi, aby som verila

and feel the wind in my face.

a cítila vietor na mojej tvári.

And that wind in my face made me believe

A ten vietor na mojej tvári ma doviedol k tomu, aby som verila,

that he was mad and I would drive.

že on bol blázon a ja budem jazdiť.

And for the next 11 years,

A na ďalších 11 rokov

I swore nobody would ever find out that I couldn't see,

som prisahala, že nikto nezistí, že nemôžem vidieť,

because I didn't want to be a failure,

pretože som nechcela byť nepodarok,

and I didn't want to be weak.

a nechcela som byť slabá.

And I believed I could do it.

A verila som, že to dokážem.

So I rammed through life as only a Casey can do.

Tak som sa prebíjala životom, ako to dokáže len Casey.

And I was an archeologist, and then I broke things.

A bola som archeologička, a rozbíjala som veci.

And then I managed a restaurant, and then I slipped on things.

A potom som manažovala reštauráciu a šmýkala som sa na veciach.

And then I was a masseuse. And then I was a landscape gardener.

A potom som bola masérka. A potom záhradníčka.

And then I went to business school.

A potom som šla na obchodnú školu.

And you know, disabled people are hugely educated.

Postihnutí ľudia sú enormne vzdelávaní.

And then I went in and I got a global consulting job with Accenture.

A potom som šla a dostala prácu ako konzultantka v Accenture.

And they didn't even know.

A dokonca ani oni nevedeli.

And it's extraordinary

Je mimoriadne

how far belief can take you.

ako ďaleko vás viera môže dostať.

In 1999,

V roku 1999,

two and a half years into that job,

dva a pol roka v tej práci,

something happened.

sa niečo stalo --

Wonderfully, my eyes decided, enough.

moje oči sa zázračne rozhodli -- dosť.

And temporarily,

A dočasne,

very unexpectedly,

veľmi neočakávane,

they dropped.

prestali.

And I'm in one of the most competitive environments in the world,

Som v jednom z najsúťaživejších prostredí na svete,

where you work hard, play hard, you gotta be the best, you gotta be the best.

kde musíte tvrdo pracovať, hrať tvrdo, musíte byť najlepší, musíte byť najlepší.

And two years in,

A dva roky

I really could see very little.

som naozaj mohla máličko vidieť.

And I found myself in front of an HR manager

A ocitla som sa pred personálnym manažérom,

in 1999,

v roku 1999,

saying something I never imagined that I would say.

hovoriac niečo, čo som nikdy neverila, že poviem.

I was 28 years old.

Mala som 28 rokov.

I had built a persona all around what I could and couldn't do.

Postavila som si osobnosť okolo toho, čo dokážem a čo nedokážem.

And I simply said,

A jednoducho som povedala:

"I'm sorry.

"Prepáčte,"

I can't see, and I need help."

ja nevidím a potrebujem pomoc.

Asking for help can be incredibly difficult.

Požiadať o pomoc môže byť neskutočne ťažké.

And you all know what it is. You don't need to have a disability to know that.

A všetci viete, čo to je: nepotrebujete postihnutie na to, aby ste to vedeli.

We all know how hard it is

Všetci vieme aké je to ťažké,

to admit weakness and failure.

priznať si slabosť alebo zlyhanie.

And it's frightening, isn't it?

A je to desivé, nie?

But all that belief had fueled me so long.

No všetka táto viera ma poháňala tak dlho.

And can I tell you, operating in the sighted world when you can't see,

A môžem vám povedať, pôsobiť vo svete vidiacich, keď nevidíte,

it's kind of difficult -- it really is.

je trochu zložité -- naozaj je.

Can I tell you, airports are a disaster.

Môžem vám povedať, letiská sú hotová pohroma.

Oh, for the love of God.

Oh, pre lásku Božiu.

And please, any designers out there?

A prosím, dizajnéri, čo tu ste.

OK, designers, please put up your hands, even though I can't even see you.

Dizajnéri, prosím zdvihnite ruky, aj keď ich nemôžem vidieť.

I always end up in the gents' toilets.

Vždy skončím na pánskych záchodoch.

And there's nothing wrong with my sense of smell.

A s čuchom nemám nič.

But can I just tell you,

Ale môžem vám len povedať,

the little sign for a gents' toilet or a ladies' toilet

ten malý znak pre pánske a dámske toalety

is determined by a triangle.

určuje trojuholník.

Have you ever tried to see that

Skúšali ste to niekedy vidieť,

if you have Vaseline in front of your eyes?

keď máte pred očami vazelínu?

It's such a small thing, right?

Je to taká malá vec, však?

And you know how exhausting it can be

A viete aké vyčerpávajúce môže byť

to try to be perfect when you're not,

snaha byť prefektný, keď nie ste

or to be somebody that you aren't?

alebo byť niekým, kým nie ste?

And so after admitting I couldn't see to HR,

A tak, po tom ako som priznala personálnemu manažérovi, že nevidím,

they sent me off to an eye specialist.

ma poslali k očnému lekárovi.

And I had no idea that this man was going to change my life.

A vôbec som netušila, že tento muž zmení môj život.

But before I got to him, I was so lost.

Ale než som sa k nemu dostala, bola som úplne stratená.

I had no idea who I was anymore.

Nemala som potuchy kto vlastne som.

And that eye specialist, he didn't bother testing my eyes.

A ten očný lekár sa ani neobťažoval testovať moje oči.

God no, it was therapy.

Nie preboha, bola to terapia.

And he asked me several questions,

Pýtal sa ma niekoľko otázok,

of which many were, "Why?

z ktorých bolo veľa: "Prečo?"

Why are you fighting so hard

Prečo tak hrozne bojuješ,

not to be yourself?

proti tomu aká si?

And do you love what you do, Caroline?"

A miluješ to, čo robíš, Caroline?

And you know, when you go to a global consulting firm,

Viete, keď idete do globálnej poradenskej firmy,

they put a chip in your head, and you're like,

dajú vám do hlavy čip, a vy ste potom ako:

"I love Accenture. I love Accenture. I love my job. I love Accenture.

"Milujem Accenture. Milujem Accenture. Milujem svoju prácu. Milujem Accenture.

I love Accenture. I love Accenture. I love my job. I love Accenture." (Laughter)

Milujem Accenture. Milujem svoju prácu. Milujem Accenture."

To leave would be failure.

Odísť by bolo zlyhanie.

And he said, "Do you love it?"

A on povedal: "Miluješ to?"

I couldn't even speak I was so choked up.

Pridusilo ma to že som až nemohla rozprávať.

I just was so -- how do I tell him?

Bola som len -- ako som mu to mala povedať?

And then he said to me, "What did you want to be when you were little?"

A potom mi povedal: "Čo si chcela byť, keď si bola malá?"

Now listen, I wasn't going to say to him, "Well, I wanted to race cars and motorbikes."

Počujte, nechystala som sa mu povedať: "No, chcela som pretekať na autách a motorkách."

Hardly appropriate at this moment in time.

Neveľmi vhodné v tej chvíli.

He thought I was mad enough anyway.

Aj tak si už myslel, že som bola dostatočne bláznivá.

And as I left his office,

A ako som opúšťala jeho ordináciu,

he called me back

zavolal ma naspäť,

and he said, "I think it's time.

a povedal: "Myslím, že je čas.

I think it's time

Myslím, že je čas

to stop fighting and do something different."

prestať bojovať a robiť niečo iné."

And that door closed.

A tie dvere sa zavreli.

And that silence just outside a doctor's office,

To ticho hneď za dverami ordinácie,

that many of us know.

mnohí z vás ho poznajú.

And my chest ached.

Bolelo ma v hrudi.

And I had no idea where I was going. I had no idea.

A netušila som, kam idem. Nemala som potuchy.

But I did know the game was up.

Ale vedela som, že hra sa začala.

And I went home, and, because the pain in my chest ached so much,

Šla som domov a pretože ma v hrudi tak veľmi bolelo,

I thought, "I'll go out for a run."

pomyslela som si: "Pôjdem si zabehnúť."

Really not a very sensible thing to do.

Naozaj to nebola tá najmúdrejšia vec.

And I went on a run that I know so well.

A tak som si šla zabehnúť trasu, ktorú dobre poznám.

I know this run so well, by the back of my hand.

Poznám ju veľmi dobre, ako vlastnú dlaň.

I always run it perfectly fine.

Vždy ju zabehnem úplne v pohode.

I count the steps and the lampposts and all those things

Počítam kroky, pouličné lampy a všetky tieto veci,

that visually impaired people have a tendency to have a lot of meetings with.

s ktorými majú zrakovo postihnutý ľudia tendenciu často sa stretať.

And there was a rock that I always missed.

A bol tam kameň, ktorý som vždy minula.

And I'd never fallen on it, never.

Nikdy som sa o neho nepotkla, nikdy.

And there I was crying away,

Tam, plačúc, bežiac,

and smash, bash on my rock.

a buch, tresla som na môj kameň.

Broken, fallen over

Zlomená, prevrátená

on this rock

na tomto kameni

in the middle of March in 2000,

v strede marca 2000 --

typical Irish weather on a Wednesday --

typické írske počasie, v stredu --

gray, snot, tears everywhere,

sivá, ufňukaná, všade slzy --

ridiculously self-pitying.

smiešne sebaľútostivá.

And I was floored, and I was broken,

Bola som zrazená k zemi, bola som zlomená,

and I was angry.

a bola som nahnevaná.

And I didn't know what to do.

A nevedela som, čo mám robiť.

And I sat there for quite some time going,

Sedela som tam pomerne dlho,

"How am I going to get off this rock and go home?

"Ako sa dostanem z tohto kameňa a domov?

Because who am I going to be?

Pretože, kto potom budem?

What am I going to be?"

Čo budem?"

And I thought about my dad,

A myslela som na môjho otca,

and I thought, "Good God, I'm so not Sue now."

pomyslela som si: "Dobrý Bože, teraz vôbec nie som Sue."

And I kept thinking over and over in my mind,

A stále som si vravela

what had happened? Where did it go wrong? Why didn't I understand?

čo sa stalo? čo som urobila zle? prečo som nerozumela?

And you know, the extraordinary part of it

A viete, to, čo na tom bolo zvláštne je,

is I just simply had no answers.

že som proste nemala žiadne odpovede;

I had lost my belief.

Stratila som svoju vieru.

Look where my belief had brought me to.

Pozrite sa, kam ma moja viera doviedla.

And now I had lost it. And now I really couldn't see.

A teraz som ju stratila. A teraz som skutočne nevidela.

I was crumpled.

Bola som zničená.

And then I remember thinking about that eye specialist

A potom si spomínam, ako som rozmýšľala nad tým, čo sa ma opýtal ten očný lekár:

asking me, "What do you want to be? What do you want to be?

"Čím chceš byť? Čím chceš byť?

What did you want to be when you were little? Do you love what you do?

Čo si chcela byť, keď si bola malá? Miluješ svoju prácu?

Do something different. What do you want to be?

Rob niečo iné. Čím chceš byť?

Do something different. What do you want to be?"

Rob niečo iné. Čím chceš byť?"

And really slowly, slowly, slowly,

A naozaj pomaly, pomaly, pomaly

it happened.

sa to stalo.

And it did happen this way.

A stalo sa to takto.

And then the minute it came,

Potom prišla minúta,

it blew up in my head

keď to vybuchlo v mojej hlave

and bashed in my heart --

a udrelo do môjho srdca,

something different.

niečo iné,

"Well, how about Mowgli from 'The Jungle Book'?

"Nuž, čo tak Mauglí z Knihy džunglí?

You don't get more different than that."

Ťažko môžeš byť viac iná ako on.

And the moment, and I mean the moment,

Ten moment, tým myslím ten moment,

the moment that hit me,

ten moment, kedy ma to zasiahlo,

I swear to God,

prisahám Bohu,

it was like woo hoo! You know -- something to believe in.

bolo to ako woohoo! viete - niečo, v čo veriť.

And nobody can tell me no.

Nikto mi nemohol povedať nie.

Yes, you can say I can't be an archeologist.

Áno, môžete povedať, že nemôžem byť archeologička.

But you can't tell me, no, I can't be Mowgli, because guess what?

Ale nemôžte mi povedať, nie, ja nemôžem byť Mauglí, pretože hádajte čo?

Nobody's ever done it before, so I'm going to go do it.

Nikto to nikdy nerobil, takže to idem spraviť ja.

And it doesn't matter whether I'm a boy or a girl, I'm just going to scoot.

A nezáleží na tom, či som chlapec alebo dievča, ja iba idem vyraziť.

And so I got off that rock, and, oh my God, did I run home.

A tak som sa dostala z toho kameňa, oh môj Bože, či som len bežala domov.

And I sprinted home, and I didn't fall, and I didn't crash.

Šprintovala som domov a nespadla som a ani nenarazila.

And I ran up the stairs, and there was one of my favorite books of all time,

Vybehla som po schodoch, a tam bola jedna z mojich najobľúbenejších kníh vôbec--

"Travels on My Elephant" by Mark Shand -- I don't know if any of you know it.

Cesty na mojom slonovi od Marka Shanda -- neviem, či ju niekto z vás pozná.

And I grabbed this book off, and I'm sitting on the couch

Schytila som túto knihu, sediac na pohovke, vraviac si:

going, "I know what I'm going to do.

"Viem, čo urobím.

I know how to be Mowgli.

Viem ako byť Mauglím.

I'm going to go across India

Idem prejsť krížom cez Indiu

on the back of an elephant.

na chrbte slona.

I'm going to be an elephant handler."

Stanem sa sloniarkou."

And I had no idea

A vôbec som netušila,

how I was going to be an elephant handler.

ako sa stanem sloniarkou.

From global management consultant to elephant handler.

Z globálnej konzultantky manažmentu na sloniarku.

I had no idea how. I had no idea how you hire an elephant, get an elephant.

Nemala som tušenia ako. Netušila som ako sa prenajíma slon, ako dostať slona.

I didn't speak Hindi. I'd never been to India. Hadn't a clue.

Nerozprávala som jazykom Hindi. Nikdy som nebola v Indii -- nemala som páru.

But I knew I would.

Ale vedela som, že to urobím.

Because, when you make a decision at the right time and the right place,

Pretože keď urobíte rozhodnutie v ten správny čas na správnom mieste,

God, that universe makes it happen for you.

Bože, vesmír vám to splní.

Nine months later, after that day on snot rock,

Deväť mesiacov po tom sopľavom kameni,

I had the only blind date in my life

som mala jediné rande na slepo v mojom živote,

with a seven and a half foot elephant called Kanchi.

so sedem a pol tonovým slonom menom Kanchi.

And together we would trek a thousand kilometers

A spolu sme mali preputovať tisíc kilometrov

across India.

krížom cez Indiu.

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The most powerful thing of all,

Tá najsilnejšia vec zo všetkých,

it's not that I didn't achieve before then. Oh my God, I did.

nie že by som to nedosiahla predtým -- oh môj Bože, dosiahla.

But you know, I was believing in the wrong thing.

Ale viete, ja som verila v nesprávnu vec.

Because I wasn't believing in me,

Pretože som neverila v seba --

really me, all the bits of me --

naozaj v seba, v každý kúsok mňa --

all the bits of all of us.

každý kúsok nás všetkých.

Do you know how much of us all pretend to be somebody we're not?

Viete ako veľa z nás predstiera, že sme niekým, kým nie sme?

And you know what, when you really believe in yourself and everything about you,

A viete čo, keď naozaj veríte v seba a vo všetko v sebe,

it's extraordinary what happens.

to čo sa stane je mimoriadne.

And you know what, that trip, that thousand kilometers,

A viete čo, tá cesta, tých tisíc kilometrov

it raised enough money for 6,000 cataract eye operations.

vyzbieralo dosť peňazí na 6 000 zákrokov proti šedému zákalu.

Six thousand people got to see because of that.

6 000 ľudí vďaka tomu vidí.

When I came home off that elephant,

Keď som zliezla z toho slona.

do you know what the most amazing part was?

viete, čo bola tá najúžasnejšia časť?

I chucked in my job at Accenture.

Vykašľala som sa na moje miesto v Accenture.

I left, and I became a social entrepreneur,

Odišla som a stala som sa sociálnou podnikateľkou,

and I set up an organization with Mark Shand called Elephant Family,

s Markom Shandom som založila organizáciu Elephant Family (slonia rodina),

which deals with Asian elephant conservation.

ktorá sa zaoberá ochranou ázijských slonov.

And I set up Kanchi,

A založila som Kanchi,

because my organization was always going to be named after my elephant,

lebo moja organizácia jednoducho musela byť pomenovaná po mojom slonovi,

because disability is like the elephant in the room.

pretože postihnutie sa často schválne ignoruje.

And I wanted to make you see it in a positive way --

A chcela som, aby ste ho videli v pozitívnom svetle --

no charity, no pity.

žiadna charita, žiadna ľútosť.

But I wanted to work only and truly

Ale chcela som pracovať výlučne

with business and media leadership

s vedením biznisu a médií,

to totally reframe disability

aby som úplne zmenila koncept postihnutia

in a way that was exciting and possible.

spôsobom, ktorý bol možný a vzrušujúci.

It was extraordinary.

Bolo to výnimočné.

That's what I wanted to do.

Bolo to to, čo som chcela robiť.

And I never thought about noes anymore, or not seeing,

A už som nikdy nemyslela na ambície, alebo na to, že nevidím

or any of that kind of nothing.

alebo akúkoľvek z takých vecí.

It just seemed that it was possible.

Jednoducho sa zdalo, že je to možné.

And you know, the oddest part is,

A viete, tá najčudnejšia časť je,

when I was on my way traveling here to TED,

že keď som cestovala sem, na TED,

I'll be honest, I was petrified.

budem úprimná, bola stuhnutá.

And I speak,

Rozprávam,

but this is an amazing audience,

ale toto je úžasné publikum,

and what am I doing here?

a čo tu robím?

But as I was traveling here,

Ale ako som sem cestovala,

you'll be very happy to know,

radi sa to dozviete,

I did use my white symbol stick cane,

použila som svoj preukaz ZŤP,

because it's really good to skip queues in the airport.

pretože je naozaj dobré predbehnúť sa v radoch na letisku.

And I got my way here

A dostala som sa sem,

being happily proud that I couldn't see.

šťastne hrdá na to, že nevidím.

And the one thing is that a really good friend of mine,

Ďalšia vec je, že jeden môj dobrý kamarát

he texted me on the way over, knowing I was scared.

mi po ceste sem napísal, vediac, že som bola vystrašená.

Even though I present confident, I was scared.

Aj keď sa prezentujem sebavedomo, bála som sa.

He said, "Be you."

Povedal: "Buď sama sebou."

And so here I am.

A tak som tu.

This is me, all of me.

Toto som ja, celá ja.

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(Potlesk)

And I have learned, you know what,

A naučila som sa, viete čo,

cars and motorbikes and elephants,

autá a motorky a slony,

that's not freedom.

to nie je sloboda.

Being absolutely true to yourself is freedom.

Byť úplne pravdivý voči sebe samému je sloboda.

And I never needed eyes to see -- never.

A na to, aby som videla, som nikdy nepotrebovala oči -- nikdy.

I simply needed vision and belief.

Potrebovala som len víziu a vieru.

And if you truly believe --

A ak naozaj veríte --

and I mean believe from the bottom of your heart --

a tým myslím veríte z hĺbky vášho srdca --

you can make change happen.

môžete spôsobiť, že sa stane zmena.

And we need to make it happen,

A my potrebujeme, aby sa stala,

because every single one of us --

pretože každý jeden z nás --

woman, man, gay, straight,

žena, muž, gay, heterosexuál,

disabled, perfect,

postihnutý, dokonalý,

normal, whatever --

normálny, čokoľvek --

everyone of us

každý z nás

must be the very best of ourselves.

musí byť najlepší ako vie.

I no longer want anybody to be invisible.

Už nechcem aby bol niekto neviditeľný.

We all have to be included.

Všetci musíme byť zapojení.

And stop with the labels, the limiting.

A prestať so škatuľkovaním, obmedzovaním --

Losing of labels,

strácaním označení.

because we are not jam jars.

Pretože nie sme zaváraninové fľaše --

We are extraordinary, different, wonderful people.

sme výnimoční, odlišní, nádherní ľudia.

Thank you.

Ďakujem vám.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)