Name: 你的人生清單是什麼？ ► Sebastian Terry （中英字幕）
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One of my close friends, a guy called Chris, who I'd grown up with, had very suddenly and very tragically passed away overnight.

And that moment made me ponder a lot of questions immediately.

Whatever it is I am doing, am I doing it well?

But the one thing that stuck in my head was simply this notion.

If Chris knew that he only had 24 years on earth, would he have lived the same way if given another chance?

And I never got to ask that question to him, but the more I thought about it, he lived on the beaches.

Rightly or wrongly, by anyone else's code, Chris was living a life that reflected his  He wouldn't have changed a thing.

I then asked myself that same question at 24 in Canada, looking back at my life, could I honestly say that I was living a life that I was happy with, or would I change everything?

And instantly, with consideration, I realised that I would change everything.

So I picked up a pen and a piece of paper, and I began jotting down everything that I thought might make me smile, because as I saw it, I wasn't happy.

One thing turned into 10, to 50, to 100 things, and as I looked at this bit of paper, I became extremely emotional, and I decided then and there to drop everything in my life to pursue my list.

The question that I was asking myself, what's on your list, started to get heard and it resonated with people around the world.

And suddenly, not through asking, people would send me their lists.

Thank you for doing what you're doing, you've inspired me to consider my dreams.

Thank you for doing what you're doing, these are the things that I've now done.

Seven years into this journey, lives have changed.

This is no longer about one man and a list, this is about a community, and living, and being, unravelling who we are so that we can be who we are.

And my life changed when I met this guy here called Mark.

He saw me on TV, emailed me and said, I want to do a half marathon.

But when I got to know Mark, we are very different.

He's a quadriplegic, at the age of 32, completely able-bodied, went to Greece backpacking, got bitten by a tick, contracted Lyme disease.

And I looked at him and I said, okay, how?

Which is funny, but it's also quite deep.

I'd never wanted to run that business in my life, I think it's disgusting.

But at that moment, it was the most important thing to me, and so I signed us up for the Melbourne Half Marathon, and this happened a few weeks later.

Helping someone was the greatest thing I've ever done.

In fact, I'm approached by people all around the world now who need help with various things, and I can't stop.

That's what I do, I travel the world helping people.

This is about something deeper I've discovered.

This is about finding your passion, and through that, finding purpose.

This is about growing in every day, in every way.

With each other, of course, but I think firstly with yourself.

Why did it take a loss in my life for me to consider something good?

And why do we hear that story all the time?

Someone's diagnosed with an illness, let's call it cancer.

Someone's involved in a car crash, and if they're lucky enough to survive, they're the ones that jump out of bed and climb a mountain, or write a book, or propose to a loved one, or start a company, or learn how to play ukulele.

Why should it take a dark moment to consider a light moment?

There are many people who I've met who've done amazing things, some of which are in this room.

And it seems the only difference between someone who does and someone who doesn't is this word, permission.

They give themselves permission to consider what's important to them.

With that, they acknowledge their values, who they are as a person, and they identify goals.

And when you have that goal, that meaningful goal, it's just a choice to pursue it.

It could be something that scares you or challenges you.

The only thing of importance is that you know what it is for you.

You choose to be here, you choose not to be here.

Because at the end of the day, we are entirely accountable for what we do.

And if this is right, the question therefore becomes, what's on your list?

If you know in your head something right away, that's great.

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你的人生清單是什麼？ ► Sebastian Terry （中英字幕）

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