3 things I learned while my plane crashed | Ric Elias

Translator: Mateja Jenko Reviewer: Evridika Cuder

Predstavljajte si veliko eksplozijo,

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

potem ko ste se vzpeli na 1000 metrov.

Predstavljajte si letalo polno dima.

Imagine a plane full of smoke.

Imagine an engine going clack, clack, clack.

Predstavljajte si motor, ki dela klak, klak, klak,

klak, klak, klak, klak.

It sounds scary.

Sliši se strašljivo.

Well, I had a unique seat that day.

Tistega dne sem imel edinstven sedež. Sedel sem na 1D.

I was sitting in 1D.

Bil sem edini, ki se je lahko pogovarjal s stevardesami.

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

Zato sem se takoj ozrl k njim

So I looked at them right away,

in one so odvrnile: "Ni problema. Verjetno smo zadeli kakšne ptice."

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

Pilot je že obrnil letalo nazaj

The pilot had already turned the plane around,

in nismo bili tako daleč.

and we weren't that far.

You could see Manhattan.

Lahko si videl Manhattan.

Dve minuti kasneje

Two minutes later,

three things happened at the same time.

so se istočasno zgodile tri stvari.

Pilot poravna letalo z reko Hudson.

The pilot lines up the plane with the Hudson River.

Pot običajno ni taka.

That's usually not the route.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

He turns off the engines.

Ugasne motorje.

Now, imagine being in a plane with no sound.

Predstavljajte si, da ste v letalu v popolni tišini.

And then he says three words.

In potem izreče štiri besede --

štiri najbolj otopele besede, kar sem jih kdaj koli slišal.

The most unemotional three words I've ever heard.

Reče: "Pripravite se na trčenje."

He says, "Brace for impact."

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

Ni mi bilo več treba govoriti s stevardeso.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

I could see in her eyes, it was terror.

Razbral sem v njenih očeh --

bila je groza. Življenja je bilo konec.

Life was over.

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

Z vami želim deliti tri stvari, ki sem se jih tisti dan naučil o sebi.

I learned that it all changes in an instant.

Naučil sem se, da se vse spremeni v trenutku.

We have this bucket list,

Vsi imamo dolg spisek,

we have these things we want to do in life,

imamo neke stvari, ki jih v življenju želimo uresničiti,

in jaz sem pomislil na vse tiste ljudi, s katerimi sem želel stopiti v stik, a nisem,

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

na vse pregrade, ki sem jih želel odpraviti,

all the fences I wanted to mend,

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

na vse izkušnje, ki sem jih želel imeti, a jih nisem nikoli imel.

Ko sem kasneje razmišljal o tem,

As I thought about that later on,

I came up with a saying,

sem se domislil reka,

which is, "I collect bad wines."

ki pravi: "Zbiram slaba vina."

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

Namreč, če je vino pripravljeno in je oseba prisotna, ga bom odprl.

I no longer want to postpone anything in life.

V življenju ne želim več z ničimer odlašati.

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

In ta nuja, ta razlog

je resnično spremenil moje življenje.

The second thing I learned that day --

Druga stvar, ki sem se je naučil tisti dan --

and this is as we clear the George Washington Bridge,

potem ko smo preleteli most Georgea Washingtona,

which was by not a lot --

kar je šlo za las --

(Laughter)

Pomislil sem da, vau,

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

v resnici obžalujem eno samo stvar.

I've lived a good life.

Živel sem dobro življenje.

In my own humanity and mistakes,

Ker sem človek in delam napake,

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

sem poskušal postati boljši v vsem, česar sem se lotil.

Ampak v svoji človečnosti

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

sem dovolil, da se vplete moj ego.

Obžaloval sem čas, ki sem ga zapravil

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

za stvari, ki niso bile pomembne,

with people that matter.

z ljudmi, ki mi veliko pomemnijo.

Razmišljal sem o odnosu s svojo ženo,

And I thought about my relationship with my wife,

with my friends, with people.

s svojimi prijatelji, z ljudmi.

In po razmisleku o tem

And after, as I reflected on that,

sem se odločil odstraniti negativno energijo iz svojega življenja.

I decided to eliminate negative energy from my life.

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

Ni popolno, a je veliko boljše.

Z ženo se nisva prepirala že dve leti.

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

Občutek je super.

It feels great.

Ne trudim se več, da bi imel prav.

I no longer try to be right;

Odločim se biti srečen.

I choose to be happy.

Tretja stvar, ki sem se je naučil --

The third thing I learned --

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

takrat ko notranja ura

začne odštevati "15, 14, 13, ..."

Lahko vidiš, kako se približuje voda.

You can see the water coming.

I'm saying, "Please blow up."

Rečem si: "Prosim, eksplodiraj."

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

Nočem, da ta stvar razpade na 20 kosov,

like you've seen in those documentaries.

kot vidite v dokumentarcih.

And as we're coming down,

In ko smo se spuščali,

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

me je spreletel občutek, vau,

umiranje ni strašno.

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

Skoraj tako je, kot da bi se nanj pripravljali že vse življenje.

But it was very sad.

Bilo pa je zelo žalostno.

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

Nisem si želel oditi; ljubim svoje življenje.

And that sadness really framed in one thought,

In tista žalost

se je strnila v eno misel,

which is, I only wish for one thing.

namreč, želim si le ene stvari.

Želim si le, da bi videl odraščati svoje otroke.

I only wish I could see my kids grow up.

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

Kakšen mesec kasneje sem bil na nastopu svoje hčere --

prvi razred, brez velikega talenta za umetnost ...

first-grader, not much artistic talent --

(Laughter)

... pa vendar.

Yet!

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Jaz se zvijam, jaz jočem

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

kot majhen otrok.

In to je zame imelo popoln smisel.

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

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

Takrat sem ugotovil,

ko sem povezal ti dve dejstvi,

that the only thing that matters in my life

da je edina resnično pomembna stvar v mojem življenju to,

is being a great dad.

da sem dober očka.

Predvsem, predvsem,

Above all, above all,

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

edini cilj, ki ga imam v življenju,

je biti dober očka.

I was given the gift of a miracle,

Podarjen mi je bil čudež,

da tistega dne nisem umrl.

of not dying that day.

I was given another gift,

Podarjeno mi je bilo še nekaj.

which was to be able to see into the future

Lahko sem pogledal v prihodnost

in prišel nazaj

and come back

and live differently.

ter zaživel drugače.

Izzivam tiste, ki danes letite,

I challenge you guys that are flying today,

predstavljajte si, da se enaka stvar zgodi na vašem letalu --

imagine the same thing happens on your plane --

and please don't --

in upam, da se ne --

but imagine, and how would you change?

ampak predstavljajte si. Kako bi se vi spremenili?

What would you get done

Kaj bi vi storili, česar še niste,

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

ker mislite, da boste večno tu?

How would you change your relationships

Kako bi vi spremenili svoje odnose

and the negative energy in them?

in negativno energijo v njih?

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

In najpomembnejše, ali ste najboljši starši, kot ste lahko?

Hvala.

Thank you.

(Applause)

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