My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

Translator: Doris Mangalu Reviewer: Nelson Simfukwe

So, I don't like to boast,

Basi, sipendi kujivunia,

but I am very good at finding things to be annoyed about.

ila ni mzuri sana kutafuta vitu vitakavyo niudhi.

It is a real specialty of mine.

Ni utaalamu wangu wa kweli.

I can hear 100 compliments and a single insult,

Naweza kusikia sifa 100 na tusi moja,

and what do I remember?

na ni nini ninakumbuka?

The insult.

Hilo tusi.

And according to the research, I'm not alone.

Na kulingana na utafiti, siko peke yangu.

Unfortunately, the human brain is wired to focus on the negative.

Bahati mbaya, akili ya binadamu imeungwa kulenga mabaya.

Now, this might have been helpful when we were cave people,

Sasa, hii inaweza kuwa imesaidia pale tulivyokua watu wa pangoni,

trying to avoid predators,

kujaribu kuepuka wanyama pori,

but now it's a terrible way to go through life.

lakini sasa ni njia mbaya ya kwenda na maisha.

It is a real major component of anxiety and depression.

Ni sehemu muhimu kweli ya wasiwasi na huzuni.

So how can we fight the brain's negative bias?

Hivyo tutapiganaje jinsi ubongo unavyopendelea ubaya?

According to a lot of research, one of the best weapons is gratitude.

Kulingana na tafiti nyingi, moja ya silaha nzuri ni shukrani.

So knowing this, I started a new tradition in our house a couple of years ago.

Kwa kujua hili, nimeanza desturi mpya nyumbani miaka kadhaa iliopita.

Before a meal with my wife and kids,

Kabla ya chakula na mke na watoto wangu,

I would say a prayer of thanksgiving.

Ninasemaga sala ya kutoa shukrani.

Prayer is not quite the right word.

Sala sio neno sahihi sana.

I'm agnostic, so instead of thanking God,

Mimi ni agnostiki, hivyo badala ya kumshukuru Mungu,

I would thank some of the people who helped make my food a reality.

ninashukuru baadhi ya watu ambao wamesaidia kufanya chakula kua ukweli.

I'd say, "I'd like to thank the farmer who grew these tomatoes,

Ningesema, "Napenda kushukuru mkulima aliekuza nyanya hizi,

and the trucker who drove these tomatoes to the store,

na dereva alieendesha lori kupeleka nyanya hizi dukani,

and the cashier who rang these tomatoes up."

na keshia aliezigongea nyanya hizi."

And I thought it was going pretty well, this tradition.

Na nikadhani inaenda vizuri sana, hii desturi.

Then one day, my 10-year-old son said,

Ndipo siku moja, kijana wangu wa miaka 10 akasema,

"You know, Dad, those people aren't in our apartment.

"Unajua Baba, hao watu hawapo kwenye hili ghorofa.

They can't hear you.

Hawawezi kukusikia.

If you really cared, you would go and thank them in person."

Kama kweli unajali, ungeenda na kuwashukuru binafsi."

And I thought, "Hmm. That's an interesting idea."

Na nikawaza, "Hmm. Hilo ni wazo la kuvutia."

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

Now I'm a writer, and for my books I like to go on adventures.

Sasa mimi ni mwandishi, na kwa vitabu vyangu napenda kwenda kwenye shani.

Go on quests.

Kwenda kwenye safari.

So I decided I'm going to take my son up on his challenge.

Hivyo nikaamua nitamchukua kijana wangu kwenye changamoto yake.

It seemed simple enough.

Ilionekana rahisi sana.

And to make it even simpler,

Na kufanya ili iwe rahisi zaidi,

I decided to focus on just one item.

nikaamua kulenga kitu kimoja tu.

An item I can't live without:

Kitu ambacho siwezi kuishi nikikikosa:

my morning cup of coffee.

kikombe changu cha kahawa asubuhi.

Well, it turned out to be not so simple at all.

Basi, ikasemekana kua sio rahisi kabisa.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

This quest took me months.

Hii safari imenichukua miezi.

It took me around the world.

Imenizungusha duniani.

Because I discovered that my coffee would not be possible

Kwa sababu niligundua kua kahawa yangu isingewezekana

without hundreds of people I take for granted.

bila ma mia ya watu ninowachukulia poa.

So I would thank the trucker

Hivyo ningemshukuru dereva lori

who drove the coffee beans to the coffee shop.

alieendesha kahawa kwenda kwenye duka la kahawa.

But he couldn't have done his job without the road.

Lakini asingeweza kufanya kazi yake bila barabara.

So I would thank the people who paved the road.

Hivyo ningeshukuru watu waliotengeneza barabara.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

And then I would thank the people who made the asphalt for the pavement.

Halafu ningeshukuru watu waliotengeneza saruji ya lami.

And I came to realize that my coffee,

Na nimekuja kutambua kua kahawa yangu,

like so much else in the world,

kama vingine vingi duniani,

requires the combined work

inahitaji nguvu ya muungano

of a shocking number of people from all walks of life.

ya idadi ya kushangaza ya watu kutoka kwenye maeneo yote ya maisha.

Architects, biologists, designers, miners, goat herds,

Wasanifu,wanabiolojia, wabunifu, wachimbaji, wachunga mbuzi,

you name it.

taja yeyote.

I decided to call my project

Nimeamua kuita mradi wangu

"Thanks a Thousand."

"Asante Mara Elfu."

Because I ended up thanking over a thousand people.

Kwa sababu niliishia kushukuru zaidi ya watu elfu moja.

And it was overwhelming, but it was also wonderful.

Na ilikua ni inachosha, lakini ilikua pia ni ajabu.

Because it allowed me to focus

Kwa sababu iliniruhusu mimi kulenga

on the hundreds of things that go right every day,

kwenye vitu mia vinavyoenda sawa kila siku,

as opposed to the three or four that go wrong.

tofauti na vile vitatu au vinne vinavyoenda vibaya.

And it reminded me of the astounding interconnectedness or our world.

Na ikanikumbusha jinsi muungano wa dunia unavyoshangaza.

I learned dozens of lessons during this project,

Nilijifunza mafundisho mengi sana kwenye mradi huu,

but let me just focus on five today.

lakini ngoja nilenge vitano leo.

The first is: look up.

Cha kwanza ni: angalia juu,

I started my trail of gratitude

Nilianza njia yangu ya shukrani

by thanking the barista at my local coffee shop,

kwa kumshukuru muuza kahawa kwenye duka la kahawa la mtaani,

Joe Coffee in New York.

Joe Coffee ilioko New York.

Her name is Chung,

Jina lake ni Chung,

and Chung is one of the most upbeat people you will ever meet.

na Chung ni mmoja wa watu wachangamfu unaweza kutana nao.

Big smiler, enthusiastic hugger.

Tabasamu kubwa, kumbatio lenye shauku.

But even for Chung, being a barista is hard.

Lakini hata kwa Chung, kua muuza kahawa ni ngumu.

And that's because you are encountering people in a very dangerous state.

Na hio ni kwa sababu unakutana na watu kwenye hali ya hatari.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

You know what it is -- precaffeination.

Unajua hio ni nini -- hali ya kutokua na kahawa.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

So, Chung has had people yell at her until she cried,

Hivyo, Chung ameshakua na watu wanampigia kelele mpaka akalia,

including a nine-year-old girl,

ikiwemo binti wa miaka tisa,

who didn't like the whipped cream design that Chung did on her hot chocolate.

ambae hakupenda mchoro wa malai ambao Chung aliweka kwenye chokoleti yake.

So I thanked Chung,

Hivyo nikamshukuru Chung,

and she thanked me for thanking her.

na akanishukuru kwa kumshukuru.

I cut it off there.

Nikaikatia hapo.

I didn't want to go into an infinite thanking loop.

Sikutaka uwe kwenye mzunguko wa shukrani usioisha.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

But Chung said that the hardest part

Lakini Chung alisema sehemu ngumu ya zote

is when people don't even treat her like a human being.

ni pale watu wanavyomtendea kama sio binadamu.

They treat her like a vending machine.

Wanamfanya kama ni mashine ya mahitaji.

So, they'll hand her their credit card

Hivyo, watampatia kadi yao

without even looking up from their phone.

bila hata kutoa macho kwenye simu.

And while she's saying this, I'm realizing I've done that.

Na huku akisema haya, nagundua kua nimeshafanya hivyo.

I've been that a-hole.

Nimewahi kua mpumbavu huyo.

And at that moment, I pledged:

Na mda huo huo, nika ahidi:

when dealing with people, I'm going to take those two seconds

ninapo shughulika na watu, nitakua nachukua hizo sekunde mbili

and look at them, make eye contact.

na kuwatazama, nikiwaangalia machoni.

Because it reminds you, you're dealing with a human being

Kwa sababu inakukumbusha, unashughulika na binadamu

who has family and aspirations

alie na familia na matarajio

and embarrassing high school memories.

na kumbukumbu za shule zinazoaibisha.

And that little moment of connection

Na kipindi hicho kidogo cha mwunganisho

is so important to both people's humanity and happiness.

ni muhimu sana kwa zote ubinadamu na furaha ya watu.

Alright, second lesson was:

Sawa, somo la pili lilikua:

smell the roses. And the dirt. And the fertilizer.

nusa mawaridi. Na mchanga. Na mbolea.

After Chung, I thanked this man.

Baada ya Chung, nikamshukuru huyu mtu.

This is Ed Kaufmann.

Huyu ni Ed Kaufmann.

And Ed is the one who chooses which coffee they serve at my local coffee shop.

Na Ed anachagua kahawa ipi wanahudumia kwenye duka la kahawa mtaani.

He goes around the world, to South America, to Africa,

Anazunguka duniani, kwenda Amerika Kusini, kwenda Afrika,

finding the best coffee beans.

akitafuta buni yenye ubora.

So I thanked Ed.

Hivyo nikamshukuru Ed.

And in return, Ed showed me how to taste coffee like a pro.

Na kwa malipo, Ed akaionyesha jinsi ya kuonja kahawa kama mtaalamu.

And it is quite a ritual.

Na ni kitu cha kawaida kabisa.

You take your spoon and you dip it in the coffee

Unachukua kijiko chako na kuingiza kwenye kahawa

and then you take a big, loud slurp.

halafu unakunywa nyingi na kwa sauti.

Almost cartoonishly loud.

Karibia kelele ya katuni.

This is because you want to spray the coffee all over your mouth.

Hii ni kwa sababu unataka kufukiza kahawa mdomoni kwako.

You have taste buds in the side of your cheeks,

Una sehemu za ladha pembezoni mwa mashavu yako,

in the roof of your mouth,

ndani ya paa la mdomo wako,

you've got to get them all.

unatakiwa kuzipata zote.

So Ed would do this

Hivyo Ed angefanya hivi

and he would --

na ange --

his face would light up and he would say,

uso wake ungewaka na angesema,

"This coffee tastes of Honeycrisp apple

"Kahawa hii ina ladha ya tufaa ya honey-crisp

and notes of soil and maple syrup."

na ladha za udongo na sukari ya maple."

And I would take a sip and I'd say,

Na ningekunywa kidogo na kusema,

"I'm picking up coffee.

"Napata ladha ya kahawa.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

It tastes to me like coffee."

Kwangu ina ladha kama kahawa."

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

But inspired by Ed, I decided to really

Lakini kwa msukumo wa Ed, nikaamua kabisa

let the coffee sit on my tongue for five seconds --

kuacha kahawa ikae kwenye ulimi wangu kwa sekunde tano --

we're all busy, but I could spare five seconds,

wote tuna kazi, lakini ningetoa sekunde tano,

and really think about the texture and the acidity and the sweetness.

na kuwaza kabiza kuhusu mfumo na ukali na utamu wake.

And I started to do it with other foods.

Na nika anza kufanya hivyo na vyakula vingine.

And this idea of savoring is so important to gratitude.

Na hili wazo la kufurahia ladha ni muhimu kwenye shukrani.

Psychologists talk about how gratitude

Wanasaikolojia wanaongelea jinsi shukrani

is about taking a moment and holding on to it as long as possible.

ni kuhusu kuchukua mda na kuushikilia kwa mda mrefu unaowezekana.

And slowing down time.

Na kupunguza kasi ya mda.

So that life doesn't go by in one big blur, as it often does.

Ili maisha yasipite kama ukungu mkubwa, kama yanavyofanyaga.

Number three is:

Namba tatu ni:

find the hidden masterpieces all around you.

tafuta vito vilivyojificha vinavyokuzunguka.

Now, one of my favorite conversations during this year

Sasa, moja ya mazungumzo niliyoyapenda mwaka huu

was with the guy who invented my coffee cup lid.

yalikua na mtu alievumbua mfuniko wa kikombe changu cha kahawa.

And until this point,

Na hadi mda huu,

I had given approximately zero thought to coffee cup lids.

Nilikua sijawaza kabisa kuhusu vifuniko vya vikombe vya kahawa.

But I loved talking to this inventor, Doug Fleming,

Lakini nilipenda kuongea na mvumbuzi huyu, Doug Fleming,

because he was so passionate.

kwa sababu alikua ana shauku sana.

And the blood and sweat and tears he put into this lid,

Na ile jitihada alioweka kwenye mfuniko huu,

and that I had never even considered.

na kua sijawahi hata kuzingatia.

He says a bad lid can ruin your coffee.

Anasema mfuniko mbaya unaweza kuharibu kahawa yako.

That it can block the aroma,

Kua inaweza kukinga harufu,

which is so important to the experience.

ambayo ni muhimu kwenye zoezi hilo.

So he -- he's very innovative.

Hivyo aka -- ni mbunifu kweli.

He's like the Elon Musk of coffee lids.

Yuko kama Elon Musk wa vifuniko vya kahawa.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

So he designed this lid that's got an upside-down hexagon

Hivyo akabuni hichi kifuniko kilicho na pembe-sita iliogeuka

so you can get your nose right in there and get maximum aroma.

hivyo unaweza ingiza pua yako huko ndani na kupata harufu ya kutosha.

And so I was delighted talking to him,

Na hivyo nilikua na furaha kuongea nae,

and it made me realize there are hundreds of masterpieces all around us

na ikanifanya nitambue kua kuna ma mia ya vito vinavyotuzunguka

that we totally take for granted.

ambavyo hatuvichukulii uzito.

Like the on-off switch on my desk lamp has a little indentation for my thumb

Kama swichi ya kuwasha na kuzima taa mezani kwangu ina jongezo ya kidole

that perfectly fits my thumb.

inayokaa kikamilifu na gumba langu.

And when something is done well,

Na pale kitu kinavyofanywa vizuri,

the process behind it is largely invisible.

mchakato uliohusika ni mkubwa na usioonekana.

But paying attention to it

Lakini ukiwa makini nayo

can tap into that sense of wonder and enrich our lives.

inaweza kugusa ndani ya hisia ya kustaajabu na kuimarisha maisha yetu.

Number four is: fake it till you feel it.

Namba nne ni: igiza mpaka uihisi.

By the end of the project, I was just in a thanking frenzy.

Mwishoni mwa mradi, nilikua kwenye hamkani ya shukrani.

So I was -- I would get up and spend a couple hours,

Kwahiyo nilikua -- ningesimama na kutumia masaa kadhaa,

I'd write emails, send notes,

ningeandika barua pepe, tuma kumbukumbu,

make phone calls, visit people

piga simu, tembelea watu

to thank them for their role in my coffee.

kuwashukuru kwa majukumu kwenye kahawa yangu.

And some of them, quite honestly --

Na baadhi yao, kiukweli kabisa --

not that into it.

hawajapenda.

They would be like, "What is this?

Wangesema hivi, "Ni nini hiki?

Is this a pyramid scheme, what do you want, what are you selling?"

Ni mpango wa piramidi, unataka nini, unauza nini?"

But most people were surprisingly moved.

Lakini watu wengi walipata mguso wa kushangaza.

I remember, I called the woman who does the pest control

Nakumbuka, nilimpigia mwanamke anaedhibiti wadudu

for the warehouse where my coffee is served --

kwenye ghala ambapo kahawa yangu inatumiwa --

I'm sorry -- where my coffee is stored.

samahani -- ambapo kahawa yangu inatunzwa.

And I said,

Na nikasema,

"This may sound strange,

"Hii inaweza kusikika kiajabu,

but I want to thank you for keeping the bugs out of my coffee."

lakini nataka kukushukuru kwa kuondoa wadudu kwenye kahawa yangu."

And she said, "Well, that does sound strange,

Na akasema, "Kweli, hio inasikika kiajabu,

but you just made my day."

lakini umefanya siku yangu kuwa nzuri."

And it was like an anti-crank phone call.

Na ilikua kama tofauti ya simu za udanganyifu.

And it didn't just affect her, it affected me.

Na haikumuathiri yeye tu, iliniathiri mimi.

Because I would wake up every morning in my default mood, which is grumpiness,

Kwa sababu ninaamka kila asubuhi na hali yangu ya kawaida, ambayo ni harara.

but I would force myself to write a thank-you note

lakini ninajilazimisha kuandika kumbukumbu ya asante

and then another and then another.

na nyingine na nyingine.

And what I found was that if you act as if you're grateful,

Na nilichopata ni kua unaigiza kama una shukrani,

you eventually become grateful for real.

hatimae unakua na shukrani kweli.

The power of our actions to change our mind is astounding.

Nguvu ya matendo yetu kubadili mawazo yetu inashangaza.

So, often we think that thought changes behavior,

Hivyo, mara nyingi tunafikiri kua mawazo hubadilisha tabia,

but behavior very often changes our thought.

lakini tabia mara nyingi sana hubadilisha mawazo yetu.

And finally, the last lesson I want to tell you about is:

Na hatimae, somo la mwisho nataka kuwaambia ni kuhusu:

practice six degrees of gratitude.

jizoeshe digrii sita za shukrani.

And every place, every stop on this gratitude trail

Na kila sehemu, kila kituo kwenye hii njia ya shukrani

would give birth to 100 other people that I could thank.

kingezaa watu 100 wengine ambao ningewashukuru.

Hivyo nikaenda huko Colombia kuwashukuru wakulima wa kahawa yangu.

So I went down to Colombia to thank the farmers who grow my coffee beans.

And it was in a small mountain town,

Na ilikua kwenye mji mdogo wa mlima,

and I was driven there along these curvy, cliffside roads.

na niliendeshwa huko kwenye njia za kupinda.

And every time we went around a hairpin turn

Na kila mara tulipozunguka kona za kujirudia

the driver would do the sign of the cross.

dereva angefanya ishara ya msalaba.

And I was like, "Thank you for that.

Na nilisema, "Asante kwa hilo.

(Laughter)

(Kicheko)

Lakini unaweza kufanya hivyo huku mikono iko kwenye usukani?

But can you do that while keeping your hands on the wheel?

Because I am terrified."

Kwa sababu nilikua na hofu."

But we made it.

Lakini tulifika.

And I met the farmers, the Guarnizo brothers.

Na nikakutana na wakulima, ndugu wa Guarnizo.

It's a small farm, they make great coffee,

Ni shamba dogo, wanatengeneza kahawa nzuri

they're paid above fair-trade prices for it.

wanalipwa juu ya kiwango cha biashara kwa sababu hio.

And they showed me how the coffee is grown.

Na wakanionyesha jinsi kahawa inavyokua.

The bean is actually inside this fruit called the coffee cherry.

Buni kiukweli iko ndani ya tunda liitwalo cheri ya kahawa.

And I thanked them.

Na nikawashukuru.

And they said, "Well, we couldn't do our job

Na wakasema, "Basi, tusingeweza kufanya kazi yetu

without 100 other people."

bila wati 100 wengine."

The machine that depulps the fruit is made in Brazil,

Machine inayomenya hilo tunda inatengenezwa Brazil,

and the pickup truck they drive around the farm,

na lori la kubebea wanalozunguka nalo shambani,

that is made from parts from all over the world.

iliotengenezwa na sehemu zilizotoka duniani kote.

In fact, the US exports steel to Colombia.

kwa kweli, Marekani wanauza chuma kwenda Colombia.

So I went to Indiana, and I thanked the steel makers.

Hivyo nikaenda Indiana, na nikawashukuru watengeneza chuma.

And it just drove home

Na ikanipeleka tu nyumbani

that it doesn't take a village to make a cup of coffee.

kua haichukui kijiji kutengeneza kikombe cha kahawa.

It takes the world to make a cup of coffee.

Inachukua dunia kutengeneza kikombe cha kahawa.

And this global economy, this globalization,

Na huu uchumi wa dunia, huu utandawazi,

it does have downsides.

unakua na hasara.

Lakini na amini faida zake za muda mrefu ni kubwa zaidi,

But I believe the long-term upsides are far greater,

that progress is real.

kua maendeleo ni ya kweli.

We have made improvements in the last 50 years,

Tumefanya uboreshaji ndani ya miaka 50 iliopita,

poverty worldwide has gone down.

umasikini duniani kote umeshuka.

And that we should resist the temptation

Na kua tunatakiwa kupinga ushawishi

to retreat into our silos.

wa kurejea kwenye maghala yetu.

And we should resist this upsurge

Na tunatakiwa kupinga muongezeko huu

in isolationism and jingoism.

wa hali za kujitenga na uzalendo.

Which brings me to my final point.

Ambayo inanileta kwenye hatua yangu ya mwisho.

Which is my hope that we use gratitude as a spark to action.

Ambayo ni tumaini langu tutumie shukrani kama cheche kwenye hatua.

Some people worry that gratitude has a downside.

Baadhi ya watu wana wasiwasi kua shukrani ina hasara.

Kua tutakua na shukrani sana, mpaka tutakua haturidhiki.

That we'll be so grateful, that we'll be complacent.

We'll be so, "Oh, everything's wonderful, I'm so grateful."

Tutasema, "Oh, kila kitu ni chema, nashukuru sana."

Well, it turns out, the opposite is true.

Basi, inaonekana, kinyume chake ni kweli.

Utafiti unaonyesha

The research shows

that the more grateful you are, the more likely you are to help others.

kua unavyozidi kua na shukrani, unazidi kua na uwezo wa kusaidia wengine.

Ukiwa kwenye hali mbaya,

When you're in a bad state,

you're often more focused on your own needs.

mara nyingi unakua unalenga mahitaji yako mwenyewe.

But gratitude makes you want to pay it forward.

Lakini shukrani inakufanya utake kuilipa mbeleni.

Na nimepitia hii binafsi.

And I experienced this personally.

I mean, I'm not Mother Teresa,

Yani, mimi sio Mama Teresa,

I'm still a selfish bastard a huge amount of the time.

mimi bado ni mwanaharamu mchoyo mara nyingi sana.

But I'm better than I was before this project.

Lakini ni bora kuliko nilivyokua kabla ya mradi huu.

And that's because it made me aware

Na hii na kwa sababu ilinifanya nifahamu

of the exploitation on the supply chain.

kuhusu utumiaji wa mlolongo wa usambazaji.

Ikanikumbusha kua ninachokichukulia poa

It reminded me that what I take for granted

is not available to millions of people around the world.

hakipatikani kwa mamilioni ya watu duniani.

Like water.

Kama maji.

Coffee is 98.8 percent water.

Kahawa ni asilimia 98.8 maji.

So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir,

Hivyo nikaona niende na nishukuru watu wa maji wa New York,

hundreds of them, who provide me water,

ma mia ya hao, wanaonipatia maji,

and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe water.

na huu muujiza kua naweza geuza mtambo na kupata maji salama.

And that millions of people around the world don't have this luxury

Na kua mamilioni ya watu duniani hawana anasa hii

and have to walk hours to get safe water.

na inabidi kutembea masaa kupata maji salama.

It inspired me to see what I could do to help people get more access,

Ilinihamasisha kuona ninachoweza kufanya kusaidia watu kuwa na upatikanaji,

and I did research and found a wonderful group

na ninafanya utafiti na kukuta kundi zuri

called Dispensers for Safe Water.

linaitwa Vitoaji vya Maji Salama.

And I got involved.

Na nikajihusisha.

And I'm not expecting the Nobel Prize committee

Na sitarajii kamati ya Nobel Prize

to knock down my door,

kunigongea mlangoni,

but it's a baby step, it's a little something.

lakini ni hatua ndogo, ni kitu kidogo.

And it's all because of gratitude.

Na yote ni kwa sababu ya shukrani.

Na ndio maana natia moyo watu, marafiki, familia,

And it's why I encourage people, friends, family,

to follow gratitude trails of their own.

kufuata njia zao za shukrani.

Because it's a life-transforming experience.

Kwa sababu ni jambo la kubadilisha maisha.

And it doesn't have to be coffee.

Na sio lazima iwe kahawa.

It could be anything.

Inaweza kua chochote.

It could be a pair of socks, it could be a light bulb.

Inaweza kua soksi, inaweza kua taa ya mwanga.

And you don't have to go around the world, you can just do a little gesture,

Na sio lazima uzunguke duniani unaweza kufanya tu ishara ndogo,

like make eye contact or send a note to the designer of a logo you love.

kama kuangalia machoni au kutuma kumbukumbu kwa aliebuni alama unayopenda.

Ni zaidi kuhusu mawazo.

It's more about a mindset.

Kutambua maelfu ya watu wanaohusika kwenye kila tunachofanya,

Being aware of the thousands of people involved in every little thing we do.

Remembering that there's someone in a factory

Kukumbuka kua kuna mtu kwenye kiwanda

alietengeneza kitambaa cha viti mnavyokalia sasa hivi.

who made the fabric for the chairs you're sitting in right now.

Kua mtu kaenda kwenye mgodi na kupata shaba kwa ajili ya kipaza sauti hiki

That someone went into a mine and got the copper for this microphone

so that I could say my final thank you,

ili niweze kusema shukrani zangu za mwisho,

which is to thank you.

ambayo ni kuwashukuru.

Thank you a thousand for listening to my story.

Asanteni mara elfu kwa kusikiliza hadithi yangu.

(Applause)

(Makofi)

(Hekaheka)

(Cheering)