Transcript · English → Spanish
English → Spanish transcript
Ha sido el año
más difícil
de mi vida,
y quería compartir algo
que aprendí
con ustedes.
Eh, cuando era más joven,
solía definirme como
actor.¿ Sí?
Lo cual en realidad
nunca fue tan
satisfactorio.
Y luego me convertí en esposo,
y eso fue mucho mejor.
Y luego me convertí en padre,
y eso fue lo máximo.
Podía definirme
entonces como un
hombre amoroso,
capaz, fuerte…
un esposo y padre que
apoya, proveedor,
guardián de la tierra en la que tenemos tanta suerte de vivir.
Y durante mucho tiempo,
eso se sintió como una muy buena definición para la pregunta,
ya saben, quién soy. Qué soy.
Y luego, este año,
tuve que mirar mi
propia mortalidad
a los ojos.
Tuve que ponerme
cara a cara
con la muerte.
Y todas esas definiciones que me importaban tan profundamente me
fueron arrebatadas. Me ausenté para recibir tratamiento, así que ya no podía ser un
esposo que fuera de ayuda para mi esposa. Ya no podía ser un padre que pudiera
alzar a sus hijos y acostarlos y estar allí para ellos.
No podía ser un proveedor porque no
estaba trabajando. Ni siquiera podía ser un cuidador de la tierra porque, a veces,
era demasiado débil para podar todos los árboles… durante la ventana de tiempo
en la que se supone que debes podarlos.
Y entonces me enfrenté a
la pregunta:
si solo soy un tipo demasiado flaco y
débil, solo…
en un apartamento
con cáncer…
¿ qué soy?
Y medité y la
respuesta llegó:
Soy digno del
amor de Dios.
Simplemente
porque existo.
Y si soy digno del amor
de Dios,¿ no
debería ser
también digno del
mío propio?
Y lo mismo es
cierto para ti.
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Original transcript (English)
It has been the hardest year of my life, and I wanted to share something that I learned with y'all. It has been the hardest year of my life, and I wanted to share something that I learned with y'all. Um, when I was younger, I used to define myself as an actor. Right? Um, when I was younger, I used to define myself as an actor. Right? Which was never really all that fulfilling.
Which was never really all that fulfilling. Which was never really all that fulfilling. And then I became a husband, and that was much better. And then I became a husband, and that was much better. And then I became a father, and that was the ultimate.
And then I became a father, and that was the ultimate. I could define myself then as a loving, capable, strong... I could define myself then as a loving, capable, strong... I could define myself then as a loving, capable, strong... supportive husband, father,
supportive husband, father, provider, steward of the land that we're so lucky to live on. provider, steward of the land that we're so lucky to live on. And for a long time, that felt like a really good definition to the question, you know, who am I? What am I? And for a long time, that felt like a really good definition to the question, you know, who am I? What am I?
And then this year, I had to look my own mortality in the eye. I had to come nose to nose with death. I had to come nose to nose with death. I had to come nose to nose with death. And all of those definitions that I cared so deeply about were stripped from me.
And all of those definitions that I cared so deeply about were stripped from me. I was away for treatment, so I could no longer be a husband that was helpful to my wife. I could not be a provider because I wasn't working. I couldn't even be a steward of the land because at times I was too weak to prune all the trees... And so I was faced with the question, if I am just a too skinny, weak guy alone...
in an apartment with cancer... in an apartment with cancer... what am I? And I meditated and the answer came through: I am worthy of God's love. And I meditated and the answer came through: I am worthy of God's love.
Simply because I exist. And if I'm worthy of God's love, shouldn't I also be worthy of my own? And the same is true for you. And the same is true for you.
