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Tania Luna: How a penny made me feel like a millionaire
Tania Luna: Kako me cent učinio milijunašicom
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Kao dijete, a nakon černobilske katastrofe, Tania Luna je napustila svoj dom u Ukrajini kako bi dobila azil u SAD-u. Jednoga dana, na podu utočišta za beskućnike u New Yorku, u kojemu je živjela s obitelji, pronašla je jedan cent. Nikada se kasnije nije osjećala tako bogatom. Razmišljanje o gorko-slatke radostima iz djetinjstva... i kako ih čuvati u mislima.
Tania Luna - Surprisologist
Tania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences. Full bio
Tania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences. Full bio
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I'm five years old, and I am very proud.
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Pet mi je godina i vrlo sam ponosna.
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My father has just built the best outhouse
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Moj je otac upravo sagradio najbolji poljski zahod
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in our little village in Ukraine.
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u našem malom selu u Ukrajini.
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Inside, it's a smelly, gaping hole in the ground,
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Iznutra, to je smrdljiva, zjapeća rupa u zemlji,
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but outside, it's pearly white formica
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ali izvana, ona je biserno bijela
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and it literally gleams in the sun.
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i doslovno sjaji na suncu.
00:34
This makes me feel so proud, so important,
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To me čini toliko ponosnom, toliko važnom,
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that I appoint myself the leader of my little group of friends
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da sebe imenujem vođom
svoje male grupe prijatelja
svoje male grupe prijatelja
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and I devise missions for us.
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i osmišljavam misije za nas.
00:43
So we prowl from house to house
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Prikradamo se tako od kuće do kuće
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looking for flies captured in spider webs
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u potrazi za muhama zarobljenim u paučinama
00:49
and we set them free.
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i oslobađamo ih.
00:51
Four years earlier, when I was one,
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Četiri godine ranije, kad sam imala jednu godinu,
00:53
after the Chernobyl accident,
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nakon nesreće u Černobilu,
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the rain came down black,
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spustila se crna kiša;
00:57
and my sister's hair fell out in clumps,
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kosa moje sestre ispadala je u pramenovima,
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and I spent nine months in the hospital.
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a ja sam devet mjeseci provela u bolnici.
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There were no visitors allowed,
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Nije bilo dopuštenih posjeta,
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so my mother bribed a hospital worker.
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pa je moja majka podmitila nekoga u bolnici,
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She acquired a nurse's uniform,
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nabavila odjeću medicinske sestre,
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and she snuck in every night to sit by my side.
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i svake se noći ušuljala kako bi bila pored mene.
01:15
Five years later, an unexpected silver lining.
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Pet godina kasnije,
neočekivano "svjetlo na kraju tunela"...
neočekivano "svjetlo na kraju tunela"...
01:18
Thanks to Chernobyl, we get asylum in the U.S.
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Zahvaljujući Černobilu, dobivamo azil u SAD-u.
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I am six years old, and I don't cry when we leave home
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Šest mi je godina i ne plačem dok napuštamo dom
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and we come to America,
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i dolazimo u Ameriku,
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because I expect it to be a place filled with rare
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jer očekujem da će to biti mjesto prepuno rijetkih
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and wonderful things like bananas and chocolate
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i predivnih stvari poput banana i čokolade,
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and Bazooka bubble gum,
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i žvakaćih guma "Bazooka".
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Bazooka bubble gum with the little cartoon wrappers inside,
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Žvakaćih guma "Bazooka"
s malenim omotom u obliku stripa iznutra.
s malenim omotom u obliku stripa iznutra.
01:41
Bazooka that we'd get once a year in Ukraine
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Bazooka koje bismo u Ukrajini
dobivali jednom godišnje
dobivali jednom godišnje
01:45
and we'd have to chew one piece for an entire week.
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i jedan smo komadić morali žvakati
po cijeli tjedan.
po cijeli tjedan.
01:49
So the first day we get to New York,
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Prvog dana nakon dolaska u New York,
01:50
my grandmother and I find a penny
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moja baka i ja pronalazimo jedan cent
01:53
in the floor of the homeless shelter that my family's staying in.
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na podu utočišta za beskućnike,
u kojemu je moja obitelj boravi.
u kojemu je moja obitelj boravi.
01:56
Only, we don't know that it's a homeless shelter.
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Jedino što ne znamo da je to utočište za beskućnike;
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We think that it's a hotel, a hotel with lots of rats.
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mi mislimo da je to hotel, hotel s mnogo štakora.
02:01
So we find this penny kind of fossilized in the floor,
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I tako, pronalazimo taj cent,
nekako fosiliziran u podu,
nekako fosiliziran u podu,
02:06
and we think that a very wealthy man must have left it there
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i mislimo da ga je sigurno neki
vrlo bogati čovjek ostavio ondje,
vrlo bogati čovjek ostavio ondje,
02:09
because regular people don't just lose money.
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jer obični ljudi ne gube novac samo tako.
02:11
And I hold this penny in the palm of my hand,
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I držim taj cent na dlanu -
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and it's sticky and rusty,
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ljepljiv je i zahrđao -
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but it feels like I'm holding a fortune.
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ali čini se kao da držim bogatstvo.
02:19
I decide that I'm going to get my very own piece
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Odlučujem nabaviti jedan, samo moj, primjerak
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of Bazooka bubble gum.
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žvakaće gume Bazooka.
02:23
And in that moment, I feel like a millionaire.
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I u tom trenutku, osjećam se k'o milijunašica.
02:27
About a year later, I get to feel that way again
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Oko godinu dana kasnije,
ponovno se imam priliku tako osjećati
ponovno se imam priliku tako osjećati
02:29
when we find a bag full of stuffed animals in the trash,
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kad u smeću nalazimo vreću punu plišanih životinja,
02:32
and suddenly I have more toys
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i odjednom imam više igračaka
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than I've ever had in my whole life.
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nego ikada u životu.
02:37
And again, I get that feeling when we get a knock
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I ponovno, taj osjećaj mi se vraća
kad nam netko pokuca
kad nam netko pokuca
02:39
on the door of our apartment in Brooklyn,
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na vrata našeg stana u Brooklynu,
02:41
and my sister and I find a deliveryman
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a moja sestra i ja ugledamo dostavljača
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with a box of pizza that we didn't order.
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s kutijom pizze koju nismo naručile.
02:46
So we take the pizza, our very first pizza,
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I tako, uzmemo mi tu pizzu, našu prvu pizzu,
02:49
and we devour slice after slice
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i gutamo komad za komadom
02:52
as the deliveryman stands there and stares at us from the doorway.
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dok poštar stoji ondje i gleda nas s vrata.
02:56
And he tells us to pay, but we don't speak English.
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Kaže nam da platimo, ali mi ne govorimo engleski.
02:59
My mother comes out, and he asks her for money,
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Moja majka izlazi, i on je zatraži novac,
03:01
but she doesn't have enough.
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ali ona ga nema dovoljno.
03:02
She walks 50 blocks to and from work every day
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U to doba, ona svakoga dana
prepješači 50 blokova na posao i s posla
prepješači 50 blokova na posao i s posla
03:06
just to avoid spending money on bus fare.
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samo kako bi izbjegla plaćanje autobusne karte.
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Then our neighbor pops her head in,
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Tad naša susjeda proviri u stan
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and she turns red with rage when she realizes
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i zajapuri se kad shvati
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that those immigrants from downstairs
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da su se useljenici s donjega kata
03:15
have somehow gotten their hands on her pizza.
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dočepali nekako njene pizze.
03:19
Everyone's upset.
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Svi su uzrujani.
03:21
But the pizza is delicious.
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Ali, pizza je ukusna...
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It doesn't hit me until years later just how little we had.
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Godinama mi nije padalo na pamet
koliko smo malo imali.
koliko smo malo imali.
03:31
On our 10 year anniversary of being in the U.S.,
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Desetu godišnjicu našeg boravka u SAD-u
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we decided to celebrate by reserving a room
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odlučili smo proslaviti rezerviravši sobu
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at the hotel that we first stayed in when we got to the U.S.
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u hotelu u kojemu smo odsjeli
kad smo stigli u SAD.
kad smo stigli u SAD.
03:38
The man at the front desk laughs, and he says,
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Čovjek na recepciji se nasmije i reče:
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"You can't reserve a room here. This is a homeless shelter."
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"Ne možete ovdje rezervirati sobu.
Ovo je utočište za beskućnike."
Ovo je utočište za beskućnike."
03:43
And we were shocked.
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Bili smo šokirani...
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My husband Brian was also homeless as a kid.
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Moj muž Brian je, također, u djetinjstvu bio beskućnik.
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His family lost everything, and at age 11,
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Njegova je obitelj izgubila sve,
i u jedanaestoj godini
i u jedanaestoj godini
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he had to live in motels with his dad,
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morao je živjeti s ocem u motelima,
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motels that would round up all of their food
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u motelima koji bi skupili svu njihovu hranu
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and keep it hostage until they were able to pay the bill.
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i držali je kao zalog dok ovi ne bi bili
u stanju platiti račun.
u stanju platiti račun.
04:02
And one time, when he finally got his box
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U jednom trenutku, kad su mu napokon vratili
04:04
of Frosted Flakes back, it was crawling with roaches.
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njegovu kutiju pahuljica, bila je puna žohara.
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But he did have one thing.
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Ali, jednu je stvar imao...
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He had this shoebox that he carried with him everywhere
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Imao je tu kutiju cipela koju je svuda nosio sa sobom,
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containing nine comic books,
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u kojoj je bilo devet stripova:
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two G.I. Joes painted to look like Spider-Man
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dva G. I. Joea obojana da izgledaju kao Spider-Man,
04:18
and five Gobots. And this was his treasure.
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i pet Gobota. I to je bilo njegovo blago.
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This was his own assembly of heroes
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To je bio njegov vlastiti skup junaka
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that kept him from drugs and gangs
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koji su ga čuvali od droge i od bandi
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and from giving up on his dreams.
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i od odustajanja od vlastitih snova.
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I'm going to tell you about one more
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Ispričat ću vam o još jednom
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formerly homeless member of our family.
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članu naše obitelji, nekadašnjem beskućniku.
04:33
This is Scarlett.
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Ovo je Scarlett.
04:34
Once upon a time, Scarlet was used as bait in dog fights.
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Jednom davno, Scarlett su upotrebljavali
kao mamac u borbama pasa.
kao mamac u borbama pasa.
04:37
She was tied up and thrown into the ring
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Bila je svezana i bačena u ring
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for other dogs to attack so they'd get more aggressive before the fight.
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da bi je ostali psi napali i postali
što agresivniji prije borbe.
što agresivniji prije borbe.
04:44
And now, these days, she eats organic food
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Danas, ona jede organsku hranu
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and she sleeps on an orthopedic bed with her name on it,
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i spava na ortopedskom krevetu,
sa svojim imenom na njemu, ali...
sa svojim imenom na njemu, ali...
04:51
but when we pour water for her in her bowl,
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Ali... dok joj ulijevamo vodu u njenu posudu,
04:55
she still looks up and she wags her tail in gratitude.
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još uvijek podiže pogled i zahvalno maše repom.
04:59
Sometimes Brian and I walk through the park with Scarlett,
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Ponekad Brian i ja šetamo parkom sa Scarlett,
05:02
and she rolls through the grass,
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i ona se valja po travi,
05:05
and we just look at her
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a mi je samo gledamo...
05:07
and then we look at each other
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I onda pogledamo jedno drugo
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and we feel gratitude.
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i osjećamo zahvalnost.
05:13
We forget about all of our new middle-class frustrations
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Zaboravimo na sve naše nove frustracije
05:17
and disappointments,
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i razočaranja, tipična za srednji sloj,
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and we feel like millionaires.
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i osjećamo se poput milijunaša.
05:21
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
05:22
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tania Luna - SurprisologistTania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences.
Why you should listen
Tania Luna has an unusual title: she calls herself a “surprisologist.” The co-founder and CEO of Surprise Industries, Luna thinks deeply about how to delight, and how to help individuals and teams thrive in uncertain circumstances and develop the bonds needed to get through them.
When Luna was invited to take part in TED’s Worldwide Talent Search in 2012, she expected to give a talk about surprise and the importance of not being attached to outcomes. However, she was inspired to tell a more personal story -- one many of her closest friends didn’t know -- about her Ukrainian family getting asylum in the United States when she was 6-yeard-old and arriving in New York with virtually nothing. She sees her work as connected to her upbringing -- in which a piece of Bazooka bubble gum, a thrown-out toy or a mis-delivered pizza was magical -- because it gave her an appreciation for the joy of little surprises.
Tania Luna | Speaker | TED.com