1、ted imagine a big explosion as you climb through 3,000 ft. imagine a plane full of smoke. imagine an engine going clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack. it sounds scary. well i had a unique seat that day. i was sitting in 1d. i was the only one who can talk to the flight attendants. so i l
2、ooked at them right away, and they said, no problem. we probably hit some birds. the pilot had already turned the plane around, and we werent that far. you could see manhattan.e1d -two minutes later, 3 things happened at the same time. the pilot lines up the plane with the hudson river. thats usuall
3、y not the route. he turns off the engines. now imagine being in a plane with no sound. and then he says 3 words-the most unemotional 3 words ive ever heard. he says, brace for impact.i didnt have to talk to the flight attendant anymore. i could see in her eyes, it was terror. life was over.now i wan
4、t to share with you 3 things i learned about myself that day. i leant that it all changes in an instant. we have this bucket list, we have these things we want to do in life, and i thought about all the people i wanted to reach out to that i didnt, all the fences i wanted to mend, all the experience
5、s i wanted to have and i never did. as ithought about that later on, i came up with a saying, which is, collect bad wines. because if the wine is ready and the person is there, im opening it. i no longer want to postpone anything in life. and that urgency, that purpose, has really changed my life.-
6、the second thing i learnt that day - and this is as we clear the george washington bridge, which was by not a lot - i thought about, wow, i really feel one real regret, ive lived a good life. in my own humanity and mistaked, ive tired to get better at everything i tried. but in my humanity, i also a
7、llow my ego to get in. and i regretted the time i wasted on things that did not matter with people that matter. and i thought about my relationship with my wife, my friends, with people. and after, as i reflected on that, i decided to eliminate negative energy from my life. its not perfect, but its
8、a lot better. ive not had a fight with my wife in 2 years. it feels great. i no longer try to be right; i choose to be happy.that sadness really framed in one thought, which is, i only wish for one thing. i only wish i could see my kids grow up.151413 20about a month later, i was at a performance by
9、 my daugter -first-grade, not much artistic talent. yet. and i m balling, im crying, like a little kid. and it made all the sense in the world to me. i realized at that point by connecting those two dots, that the only thing that matters in my life is being a great dad. above all, above all, the onl
10、y goal i have in life is to be a good dad.-i challenge you guys that are flying today, imagine the same thinghappens on your plane - and please dont - but imagine, and how would you change? what would you get done that youre waiting to get done because you think youll be here forever? how would you change your relationtships and the negative energy in them? and more than anything, are you being the best parent you can?-thank you.3 - - - -:,:,!,-,- - (:3ted) - - -3
