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Well, I've been teaching
stress management

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for a good 30 years,

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and I have to tell you:

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people are going insane.

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(Laughter)

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It's just unbelievable, isn't it?

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I mean, I think about my origins.

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I'm a Sicilian girl from Brooklyn

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and was born into this Italian family
with a lot of drama.

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A lot of drama.

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I mean, you know, it's like an opera.

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You take the garbage out,

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you've got to go, "Oh,
taking the garbage out, oohhhhh!"

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And you've got to kiss everybody
because you might not come back.

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Who knows?

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(Laughter)

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But the word "stress"
didn't even exist then.

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Nobody talked about stress.

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There was a depression.

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There was World War II.

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My grandmother had three sons in the army,

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and she was always suffering
because of that - Sicilian martyrdom.

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Every time I looked at her: "Oh I suffer!"

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(Laughter)

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But we laughed a lot.

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You know what else we did?
We ate a lot.

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We ate, and when we were eating,
we practiced to eat again.

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We talked about eating all the time.

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(Laughter)

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We had some fun amidst the angst
that was going on.

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And people seemed
to just roll with the punches.

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I mean, they accepted the reality,

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and they had a community of people
that helped them.

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They were called neighbors.
You remember them?

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(Laughter)

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Nobody comes to your house any more
with a sausage or a meatball.

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(Laughter)

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Because, you know,
what if your LDL is too high?

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(Laughter)

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Or something might go wrong, you know.

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And who are these people, anyway?

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You see them coming
to the door, you "Aaaah!"

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(Laughter)

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"I don't want to see any people!
I have my show to watch tonight.

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(Laughter)

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The one with neighbors in it.

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(Laughter)

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I don't ever remember my grandmother
standing in front of the sink, going,

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"O Madonna mia! I'm so stressed!

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I can't take it no more.

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I got to go to my spin class.

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(Laughter)

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Maybe I forgot
my kale smoothie this morning,

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(Laughter)

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and I don't know where my Fitbit is."

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(Laughter)

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We have gotten to a place

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where we don't know
how to see humor in our lives,

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because we don't have
those people stopping by -

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the characters that were once in my life

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that provided me
with historical references

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that I could put in my books.

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We don't have those meals together
like we often did,

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where we talked and laughed
and shared stories.

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And if you acted up - huh, lots of luck!

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(Laughter)

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You got told, "What's wrong with you?"

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And I went to Catholic school.

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I had the Sisters
of Perpetual Mood Disorder.

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(Laughter)

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Trust me, they didn't let you
get away with anything.

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And, you know,

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that's all part of understanding
how to humor your stress, isn't it?

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To have people around to guide you,

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to laugh with you,

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to make light of things here and there

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instead of all this drama
we go around with now, don't we?

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Isn't there a lot of drama?

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Everybody's got to tell you
what's happening.

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Facebook is full of stories:

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"Oooh! You should see what happened!

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I was in traffic!"

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(Laughter)

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"Oh, here's a picture of me 
going through the E-ZPass."

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(Laughter)

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This is pathetic, folks.

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Pathetic, isn't it?

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We don't have a life anymore.

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Because in our life,

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we have become human doings.

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We're no longer human beings.

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We have to tell everybody we meet
what we're doing.

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That's why we're so stressed out.

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Everybody we meet:

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"You know, you know what I'm doing?

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Do you know how busy I am?

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I am so busy I don't know what to do!“

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(Laughter)

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Well, maybe you should shut up.
Maybe that would help.

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(Laughter)

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Just shut up.

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(Laughter)

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But now the person you've told -

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hey, they have to ramp it up!

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(Laughter)

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They've got to win this contest,

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for God's sake!

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(Laughter)

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So they have to say,

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"You think you're busy?

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You should see how busy I am!"

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(Laughter)

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Now you have nowhere to go
but your physical ailments.

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(Laughter)

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You have to share them:

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"Well, my back hurts,
my front hurts, my side.

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And I don't go to the bathroom
very much any more."

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(Laughter)

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And I have to tell you
that the more stressed you are,

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the more you're going to need a laxative.

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(Laughter)

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We are one of the few countries -

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and I've been in many places
in the world –

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that have so many laxatives.

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(Laughter)

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Why do you think that is?

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Look at people's faces,
and you'll find out.

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(Laughter)

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People walk around like this all day long,

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squeezing and squeezing and squeezing.

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(Laughter)

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By the time they go to bed at night,
they look like dead parrots.

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(Laughter)

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We have problems with insomnia.

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More people are medicated now,
taking sleeping medications.

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We have more people on antidepressants
than any other place in the world.

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We even have children on antidepressants

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because we can't leave them alone either.

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(Laughter)

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God forbid they should go out and play.

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Go out and play? What? Are you serious?

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I'm going to make an app
that has a squirrel on it

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so the kids can see that.

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(Laughter)

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I'll probably make a fortune.

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(Laughter)

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You can't even ride your bike
up and down anymore.

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You've got to wear a NASA astronaut suit.

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(Laughter)

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You've got to wash yourself with Purell.

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You've got to have a healthy snack.

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No wonder the kids are stressed.

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I used to drink out of the hose.

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(Laughter)

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And I'm still alive.

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(Laughter)

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(Cheers) (Applause)

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I even fell off my bike, lots of times.

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(Laughter)

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It's kind of sad, isn't it?

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Kids don't know how to be kids anymore,

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human beings don't know
how to be human beings anymore,

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because we're all stressed.

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It's become a metaphor
for existence, hasn't it?

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So I just want to start
by taking you on a journey -

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perhaps to de-stress -

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with a simple little survey.

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How many of you've been stressed
the past week? Raise your hand.

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Past several weeks?

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Past month?

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Several months?

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Several years?

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(Laughter)

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Lifetime?

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(Laughter)

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Now, when we're stressed, what do we do?

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We like to tell people.

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And we form groups,

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global whining groups.

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(Laughter)

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We get together in our offices,
in our home - wherever.

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Some people, before they leave the house,
will tell their family:

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"I'm going to be tired when I get back."

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(Laughter)

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This is a form of pre-suffering.

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(Laughter)

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You're not tired yet, but you will be.

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(Laughter)

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Now, my suggestion is,
when you're stressed like this,

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give yourself a standing ovation.

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Ask for one.

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Maybe when you go in your office,
you walk in and you say,

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"I came in.

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(Laughter)

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I'd like a standing ovation."

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(Laughter)

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Why not?!

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When you go home tonight,

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some of you have already
made yourself crazy

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by thinking about what went on
while you weren't there.

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(Laughter)

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What's the difference?
Something went on.

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When you walk in the door tonight,
go in and say, "I'm back.

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I could have gone someplace else.

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(Laughter)

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You're damn lucky I came home.

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(Laughter)

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I'd like a standing ovation."

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(Laughter)

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So with that in mind,
I want every one of you to stand up

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and give yourselves
a standing ovation right now.

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(Applause) (Cheering)

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Woo hoo hoo hoo!

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Yahoo!

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That was awesome.

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Now, that's one step
in the right direction.

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The second thing you have to do

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is realize we have 60,000 thoughts
that go through our brains every day,

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most of which are there to disturb you.

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A lot of us are always thinking about
the worst possible scenario, aren't we?

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"Oh my God, what's going to happen?"

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And, of course, the fear messages
that come across with the media today

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just enhance that, don't they?

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A lot of you are crazy enough
to put the news on in the morning.

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(Laughter)

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And we have to know what the weather is.

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When I was growing up,

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you know how you found out
what the weather was like?

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You looked out of the window.

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You said, "Oh, it's raining."

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Not now. You put it on.

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You have to know it's raining,

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what the dew point is,

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and if there's some kind of thing -

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a lot of rain -

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you have to watch some idiot anchorperson
by the ocean with an umbrella.

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(Laughter)

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Then, if it's nice here,
they tell you where it's awful.

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(Laughter)

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So you have to start your day
always catastrophizing and awfulizing.

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That's a term that was developed
by Dr. Albert Ellis,

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the author of rational emotive therapy.

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And many of us are catastrophizing
and awfulizing every day, aren't we?

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We get in our car,

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and we just can't take the fact
that there's traffic.

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Every time I went for a ride
with one of my husbands,

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and I've had two -

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(Laughter)

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I call them my "was-bands" -

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(Laughter)

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the first thing they'd say is

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"Where did all these cars come from?"

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(Laughter)

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It's a road.

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(Laughter)

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I said, "Let's go home.

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Let's go in the driveway.

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We'll just go up and down.
We won't leave.

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(Laughter)

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See, the only way
to de-stress and use humor

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is to move away from yourself,

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to become the witness to your behavior.

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That's a very Buddhist kind of mindset.

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Become the witness to your own behavior.

265
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Think about what you're thinking about.

266
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Is it realistic?

267
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You're in a car, asking yourself
where the cars came from.

268
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It's an idiotic question.

269
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(Laughter)

270
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You might want to ask yourself,

271
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"Gee, I wonder why I said that?

272
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(Laughter)

273
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This doesn't make any sense."

274
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And then we try to ramp it up
and make it as bad as possible,

275
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and we torture the person next to us.

276
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"Did you see all the cars?"

277
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(Laughter)

278
00:12:20,181 --> 00:12:21,952
"No, I'm an idiot. I didn't notice."

279
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(Laughter)

280
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How many of you do this
when you go food shopping?

281
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I've stood in line with people
who are harrumphing

282
00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:33,635
and pawing the earth like bison

283
00:12:33,635 --> 00:12:35,084
(Laughter)

284
00:12:37,078 --> 00:12:38,862
and going insane,

285
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asking stupid questions again.

286
00:12:41,764 --> 00:12:45,021
Like, "Oh! Oh! Look at
all these people in the store!

287
00:12:45,021 --> 00:12:46,282
(Laughter)

288
00:12:46,282 --> 00:12:48,194
I wonder why they're here now?"

289
00:12:48,194 --> 00:12:49,422
(Laughter)

290
00:12:51,554 --> 00:12:53,913
See the Seinfeld's part in this.

291
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Ask yourself, "Why am I saying this?"

292
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People go shopping at odd hours.

293
00:12:58,982 --> 00:13:00,143
There is no plot.

294
00:13:00,143 --> 00:13:02,710
They're not here to take revenge on me.

295
00:13:02,710 --> 00:13:04,121
(Laughter)

296
00:13:07,541 --> 00:13:11,631
Can you imagine what the world
would be like if we lightened up?

297
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What if we lightened up?

298
00:13:13,878 --> 00:13:15,619
What if every one of you

299
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realized that you were the joke
"koo, koo, kajoo"?

300
00:13:19,930 --> 00:13:21,338
(Laughter)

301
00:13:23,267 --> 00:13:26,385
Imagine what fun we could have
with people that we met

302
00:13:26,394 --> 00:13:31,447
if we started listening to our dialogue
instead of taking it so seriously.

303
00:13:31,507 --> 00:13:34,982
Because if you think the worst
and get the worst, you suffer twice.

304
00:13:35,870 --> 00:13:39,104
If you think the best and get the worst,
you only suffer once.

305
00:13:39,139 --> 00:13:40,463
(Laughter)

306
00:13:40,463 --> 00:13:43,689
But I think a lot of us like to suffer.
What do you think?

307
00:13:44,070 --> 00:13:46,225
Yes! And let's face it -

308
00:13:46,856 --> 00:13:50,269
it isn't just something 
that we do on purpose.

309
00:13:50,269 --> 00:13:54,278
Some of us have overreactive
parts of our brain.

310
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And they've noticed

311
00:13:56,627 --> 00:14:00,861
that when Buddhist monks
have meditated since they were children,

312
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that part of their brain
is not as reactive.

313
00:14:04,974 --> 00:14:07,952
And that's sort of innate
to a lot of us, isn't it?

314
00:14:07,962 --> 00:14:11,089
Because we're born
with that predisposition.

315
00:14:11,578 --> 00:14:16,669
People in my family, all the women,
have had panic attacks, including myself.

316
00:14:17,226 --> 00:14:18,988
The wonder of my journey

317
00:14:18,988 --> 00:14:22,451
is that I have been able
to teach other people

318
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the things that I needed to learn.

319
00:14:26,212 --> 00:14:28,625
And I continue to try to do that

320
00:14:28,625 --> 00:14:30,960
because as you get older -

321
00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,268
and I was 77 a couple of months ago ...

322
00:14:34,298 --> 00:14:35,485
(Applause)

323
00:14:37,731 --> 00:14:39,452
Thank you. I'm still alive!

324
00:14:39,452 --> 00:14:40,638
Ha ha ha ha!

325
00:14:40,638 --> 00:14:41,958
(Laughter)

326
00:14:43,630 --> 00:14:45,620
That's what people come up to me and say:

327
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"Oh, you're still doing this?"

328
00:14:47,061 --> 00:14:49,006
I said, "Yeah, I'm not dead yet, OK?"

329
00:14:49,006 --> 00:14:50,675
(Laughter)

330
00:14:50,981 --> 00:14:56,746
One of my greatest visions
is to see the world lighten up.

331
00:14:56,746 --> 00:15:00,377
Because if each and every one of us
had a light heart,

332
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we could share it
with others, couldn't we?

333
00:15:02,622 --> 00:15:05,365
And our energy in this world would change.

334
00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:08,570
So many times when we engage
with each other,

335
00:15:08,570 --> 00:15:13,725
it's out of - I don't know - necessity
to get out of the place we're in.

336
00:15:14,252 --> 00:15:16,413
We don't even know
where we are half the time,

337
00:15:16,413 --> 00:15:18,920
because we're always thinking
where we're going next.

338
00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:20,698
We don't even enjoy the moments,

339
00:15:20,698 --> 00:15:23,413
because we have to take selfies
of the moments we're in

340
00:15:23,413 --> 00:15:24,462
(Laughter)

341
00:15:24,462 --> 00:15:26,820
so we can watch the moment later.

342
00:15:26,820 --> 00:15:28,210
(Laughter)

343
00:15:29,265 --> 00:15:34,063
There are so many ways that 
we can get through this life and laugh,

344
00:15:34,740 --> 00:15:37,056
and one of them
is to just laugh on purpose.

345
00:15:37,056 --> 00:15:38,313
Just crack yourself up!

346
00:15:38,313 --> 00:15:39,654
(Laughter)

347
00:15:39,654 --> 00:15:41,994
Have a staff-laugh at work!

348
00:15:43,154 --> 00:15:45,085
Sit with your friends and laugh!

349
00:15:45,085 --> 00:15:47,660
I mean, some people haven't had
a good laugh for years,

350
00:15:47,660 --> 00:15:50,490
because they're riding
with a committee in their head -

351
00:15:50,742 --> 00:15:51,905
people who told them,

352
00:15:51,905 --> 00:15:54,440
"Wipe that stupid grin off your face!

353
00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,065
You think this is funny?

354
00:15:57,065 --> 00:15:58,357
(Laughter)

355
00:15:58,357 --> 00:16:02,350
When are you going to control yourself
so you can be like me - you see how I am?

356
00:16:02,350 --> 00:16:03,744
(Laughter)

357
00:16:05,574 --> 00:16:07,600
Because you got to grow up
and be an adult

358
00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,508
and squeeze a lot, squeeze."

359
00:16:09,508 --> 00:16:10,893
(Laughter)

360
00:16:14,883 --> 00:16:16,511
So consider another option,

361
00:16:16,511 --> 00:16:17,510
Smile.

362
00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:20,908
Smile often. Smile at your fellow human.

363
00:16:20,908 --> 00:16:23,278
You know, when you're going
through the counter

364
00:16:23,278 --> 00:16:25,075
and you're paying for your groceries:

365
00:16:25,075 --> 00:16:26,403
"Hey, hey - check me out!"

366
00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:27,520
(Laughter)

367
00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,507
Become the fun you're seeking!

368
00:16:32,507 --> 00:16:34,338
So many of us are waiting for the fun.

369
00:16:34,338 --> 00:16:35,650
You are the fun.

370
00:16:36,220 --> 00:16:42,182
And smiling at one another creates a sense
of lightness around you, doesn't it?

371
00:16:42,512 --> 00:16:43,714
I talk to everybody.

372
00:16:43,714 --> 00:16:46,087
I don't care whether
they want to hear me or not.

373
00:16:46,087 --> 00:16:47,497
(Laughter)

374
00:16:47,497 --> 00:16:52,928
I just know that I want to enjoy
whatever life I have left on this planet.

375
00:16:53,408 --> 00:16:56,080
So, another couple of things
I want to share with you

376
00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,993
before my time is up -

377
00:16:57,993 --> 00:16:59,746
and it's not up totally yet.

378
00:17:00,476 --> 00:17:02,878
Buy yourself a little red nose.

379
00:17:03,998 --> 00:17:05,920
Try complaining with this nose on.

380
00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,130
(Laughter)

381
00:17:09,770 --> 00:17:11,370
Walk into a store.

382
00:17:11,370 --> 00:17:12,885
(Laughter)

383
00:17:12,885 --> 00:17:15,340
Say "I don't see anybody here.
Where are they?"

384
00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:16,700
(Laughter)

385
00:17:22,766 --> 00:17:25,912
If you're in a relationship,
and your partner wants to get amorous,

386
00:17:25,912 --> 00:17:27,330
and you're not in the mood,

387
00:17:27,330 --> 00:17:28,433
(Laughter)

388
00:17:28,483 --> 00:17:29,713
put your nose on.

389
00:17:29,713 --> 00:17:30,955
(Laughter)

390
00:17:31,443 --> 00:17:33,586
Say "Why don't you start without me?

391
00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:34,650
(Laughter)

392
00:17:36,530 --> 00:17:38,730
When it sounds good, I'll be in."

393
00:17:38,770 --> 00:17:39,922
(Laughter)

394
00:17:40,987 --> 00:17:42,222
(Audience member) Wooh!

395
00:17:42,222 --> 00:17:43,561
Ha ha ha ha!

396
00:17:44,374 --> 00:17:47,915
Hey, who knows, 50 shades of grey -
50 shades of noses, I don't know.

397
00:17:47,935 --> 00:17:49,237
(Laughter)

398
00:17:51,187 --> 00:17:55,245
If you like to pre-suffer, and you have
a psychic mentality, put this on.

399
00:17:55,255 --> 00:17:58,459
Get yourself a little costume
like this and put it on.

400
00:17:59,019 --> 00:18:00,764
Start a psychic booth.

401
00:18:00,764 --> 00:18:02,104
(Laughter)

402
00:18:02,104 --> 00:18:04,829
Go into work and say:
"It's going to be a bad day."

403
00:18:04,829 --> 00:18:05,990
(Laughter)

404
00:18:08,895 --> 00:18:11,256
"Next week it's going to get worse."

405
00:18:11,256 --> 00:18:12,536
(Laughter)

406
00:18:12,823 --> 00:18:16,220
If someone says it's a beautiful day -
"It's going to rain Friday."

407
00:18:16,250 --> 00:18:17,250
(Laughter)

408
00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:19,900
How many people do you know like this?

409
00:18:19,903 --> 00:18:22,271
It's like why suffer in advance?

410
00:18:22,351 --> 00:18:23,761
(Laughter)

411
00:18:23,761 --> 00:18:26,812
You know, we don't have
that much time, as I said before.

412
00:18:26,812 --> 00:18:29,184
We're all going to go to another place.

413
00:18:29,494 --> 00:18:30,711
Enjoy it.

414
00:18:30,711 --> 00:18:33,170
You don't have to be
a perfectionist at everything.

415
00:18:33,170 --> 00:18:34,981
You don't have to be a martyr.

416
00:18:34,981 --> 00:18:37,235
You don't have to be a control freak.

417
00:18:37,235 --> 00:18:38,529
Tamp it down.

418
00:18:39,059 --> 00:18:41,253
I've never walked through
a cemetery that said,

419
00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:43,609
"Did everything. Died anyway."

420
00:18:43,609 --> 00:18:44,845
(Laughter)

421
00:18:49,525 --> 00:18:52,158
And if nothing that I've said works -

422
00:18:52,158 --> 00:18:54,762
I love this, this is a great metaphor.

423
00:18:54,762 --> 00:18:56,352
You want to drive yourself crazy?

424
00:18:56,352 --> 00:18:57,713
Get a whip.

425
00:18:58,216 --> 00:19:00,075
Use it when you wake up in the morning.

426
00:19:00,075 --> 00:19:02,163
Start right in: "Oh, it's raining.

427
00:19:02,193 --> 00:19:03,483
(Laughter)

428
00:19:05,252 --> 00:19:07,024
Oh, I'm so bloated.

429
00:19:07,032 --> 00:19:08,352
(Laughter)

430
00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:10,610
Oh, I'm still married to you?"

431
00:19:10,610 --> 00:19:11,973
(Laughter)

432
00:19:14,483 --> 00:19:15,794
Take it to work.

433
00:19:15,794 --> 00:19:18,983
There are people there that you know
were brought in to disturb you.

434
00:19:18,983 --> 00:19:21,730
Go right up to them,
say "I was fine until I saw you."

435
00:19:21,730 --> 00:19:23,185
(Laughter)

436
00:19:26,925 --> 00:19:29,168
Now you've given up your power,

437
00:19:29,775 --> 00:19:31,949
and you've lost your sense of humor.

438
00:19:33,332 --> 00:19:37,080
So I hope you will go out
into the world, especially tonight,

439
00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,984
because some people will start right in
as soon as they leave:

440
00:19:39,984 --> 00:19:41,539
"Oh, it's dark.

441
00:19:41,539 --> 00:19:42,825
(Laughter)

442
00:19:44,076 --> 00:19:45,490
Oh my God! It got dark!

443
00:19:45,490 --> 00:19:46,490
(Laughter)

444
00:19:46,490 --> 00:19:47,495
Can you believe it?"

445
00:19:47,495 --> 00:19:50,045
No, I didn't believe it
until you told me. Now I know.

446
00:19:50,045 --> 00:19:51,309
(Laughter)

447
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,902
"And where's the car?
Can we find it?"

448
00:19:56,259 --> 00:19:58,878
"No, we're going to sleep
here on the sidewalk tonight."

449
00:19:58,878 --> 00:19:59,894
(Laughter)

450
00:19:59,894 --> 00:20:01,133
Ha ha ha ha!

451
00:20:01,995 --> 00:20:04,622
You've got to see the funny.
You really do.

452
00:20:04,622 --> 00:20:07,368
It's the best revenge, folks.

453
00:20:08,043 --> 00:20:09,642
And it's a wonderful connection

454
00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:11,942
because when you can laugh at yourself,

455
00:20:11,942 --> 00:20:13,945
it shows your humility.

456
00:20:13,945 --> 00:20:17,487
And it really breeds
connection to all of us.

457
00:20:17,497 --> 00:20:19,998
Because we're all vulnerable,
aren't we?

458
00:20:19,998 --> 00:20:21,600
We're all vulnerable.

459
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,593
So, thank you so very much.

460
00:20:23,593 --> 00:20:26,525
I hope you have a wonderful,
wonderful rest of your life.

461
00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:27,915
Thank you. Thank you.

462
00:20:27,915 --> 00:20:28,933
(Applause) (Cheering)

463
00:20:28,933 --> 00:20:29,993
Thank you.

464
00:20:29,993 --> 00:20:31,213
(Applause)