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Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED - Video học tiếng Anh
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Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED
Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED
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0:04
If you're able to, please close your eyes.
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Take a deep breath in
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and a deep breath out.
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Relax your shoulders.
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Unclench your jaw.
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Take another deep breath in
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and another breath out.
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You can open your eyes now.
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My name is David.
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I'm a poet and author.
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I write about the things that bring me joy.
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You'd be surprised just how often that means
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I pick up my pen and use my voice.
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Whenever I have a truly bad day, frustrating as it may be,
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it's a matter of time until my next smile.
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Good things are coming to me.
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That may sound glib.
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It may sound naive.
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Life is far more complicated than that.
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I won’t argue with you.
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I know that that's true.
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No one makes it through their whole life intact.
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If you talked to every pillow I've had in my life,
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you would hear about plenty of tears.
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If you stole my journal from my hotel room,
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you would read about plenty of fears.
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If I'd had the emotional literacy when I was younger,
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you'd have heard me articulate pain.
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I do all I can to avoid all of those states,
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but I'm sure that I'll feel them again.
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I'm saying all this with a smile on my face.
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Not because I don't understand language.
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I just know there's far more for my feelings in store.
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I look on the bright side.
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It's a habit.
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Because even in the very worst of times
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when it seems that I'll always feel down,
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I've learned over time,
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in the darkest of skies,
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there will come a break in the clouds.
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I don't think that it's naive at all to look for joy in the everyday.
2:00
In fact, if I'm ever to be truly content, it seems to me to be the only way.
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There is nothing too small to be happy about.
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I mean, truly, nothing at all.
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And because I take small joys most seriously,
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they stack up to be rather tall.
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You see, if I saw "real" happiness as the big headline news events,
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I'd have maybe one a month if I'm lucky.
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And between them, what would I do then?
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I think of the day that my sister was born,
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of the singular joy that day was.
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Moments like that, the joy's beyond belief.
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They’re so immense, they almost have to be one-offs.
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Some things have to exist at that scale to be truly appreciated.
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That doesn't mean my reserves of joy can't be regularly topped up and updated.
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Because joy is not just a fanciful thing;
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it's a whimsical, powerful tool.
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It's a thread of resilience woven into our lives.
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When there are cracks in things, joy brings light through.
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Even if my happiness isn't total.
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Even when I don't think I deserve it.
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Finding the small joys in every day is a practice that's always so worth it.
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It's easier on some days than others.
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It takes effort, that I won't deny,
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but I am deserving of my own best efforts.
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Life is effort. Why wouldn’t I try?
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I spent far too long believing that joy was for someone more deserving than me.
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I spent even longer believing contentment was ambition's worst enemy,
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when in fact we matter because we exist.
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We deserve joy by virtue of this.
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And contentment means that any ambition that follows
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is the healthiest kind that exists.
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I'm capable of finding moments of joy.
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There are plenty of opportunities.
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And if I can find joy wherever I am,
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then where I am, joy shall be.
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Next time your drink is the perfect temperature
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or your fork holds the perfect bite.
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Next time you put on your favorite socks
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or adjust so you’re sitting just right.
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Next time you stumble across a great song
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that you haven’t heard in a while.
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Next time you catch eyes with a stranger who offers a nod or a genuine smile.
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When you stretch your body and relax it again.
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When you take a deep breath and you sigh.
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When you get to relax at the end of a long day.
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When you turn your face up to the sky,
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remember, life is made of the average days,
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and each one offers joy aplenty.
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The smallest joys are the simplest to find.
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And they add up more often than any.
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I always pay attention when a small joy grabs me.
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Some say easily pleased, I say frequently happy.
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Because you deserve it.
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Because I do too.
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In our everyday,
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may joy always shine through.
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Thank you.
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(Applause)
