1 00:00:04,919 --> 00:00:08,911 By a show of hands, how many of you are pet lovers? 2 00:00:12,506 --> 00:00:14,845 How many of you are dog lovers? 3 00:00:14,875 --> 00:00:16,811 (Cheers) 4 00:00:17,644 --> 00:00:21,282 How many of you have had a hard and frustrating day at the job 5 00:00:21,282 --> 00:00:23,588 and couldn't wait to get home? 6 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:26,671 (Laughter) 7 00:00:28,594 --> 00:00:30,996 Putting your key in the door, 8 00:00:30,996 --> 00:00:33,835 you are greeted by your best friend 9 00:00:34,352 --> 00:00:37,857 with loving eyes and a quizzical tilt of the head 10 00:00:37,857 --> 00:00:40,071 to discern your mood. 11 00:00:40,377 --> 00:00:44,391 Once your friend has determined that you need cheering up, 12 00:00:44,392 --> 00:00:47,707 his tongue comes out, he jumps up and down 13 00:00:47,707 --> 00:00:51,923 and wags his tail, signaling that you are loved 14 00:00:51,923 --> 00:00:54,470 no matter what kind of day you've had. 15 00:00:55,626 --> 00:00:59,515 I'm not allowed to have a dog. 16 00:01:04,499 --> 00:01:06,110 Can you keep a secret? 17 00:01:06,883 --> 00:01:08,742 (Laughter) 18 00:01:09,734 --> 00:01:11,875 I have a dog. 19 00:01:12,156 --> 00:01:13,431 (Laughter) 20 00:01:14,244 --> 00:01:18,144 After a hard and frustrating day at my program assignment, 21 00:01:18,144 --> 00:01:19,855 I head back to the cell. 22 00:01:20,899 --> 00:01:22,710 The gate is cracked, 23 00:01:23,685 --> 00:01:26,528 and there my best friend is. 24 00:01:32,782 --> 00:01:34,363 (Panting) 25 00:01:34,363 --> 00:01:36,030 Down boy. 26 00:01:37,980 --> 00:01:39,395 (Laughter) 27 00:01:40,226 --> 00:01:42,621 (Applause) 28 00:01:44,827 --> 00:01:46,559 How many of you believe 29 00:01:46,559 --> 00:01:50,203 that global warming is affecting our environment? 30 00:01:52,364 --> 00:01:55,786 What if climate change is more personal 31 00:01:55,786 --> 00:01:57,541 than we imagined? 32 00:01:58,199 --> 00:01:59,949 Ponder this. 33 00:01:59,949 --> 00:02:02,738 With the summers getting hotter and hotter, 34 00:02:02,738 --> 00:02:06,296 everyone is trying to find ways to cool off. 35 00:02:06,296 --> 00:02:08,480 Some of us retreat to beaches; 36 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,230 some of us retreat to backyard pools. 37 00:02:11,230 --> 00:02:15,176 Most urban kids turn on fire hydrants. 38 00:02:22,752 --> 00:02:26,166 When my blood begins to simmer, 39 00:02:26,648 --> 00:02:30,558 and my body rages, 40 00:02:30,558 --> 00:02:36,006 my temperature reaches a level of Farenheit 451. 41 00:02:37,998 --> 00:02:42,058 My fight and flight response is stuck on fight. 42 00:02:47,174 --> 00:02:50,153 I retreat to the pond in my cell, 43 00:02:50,153 --> 00:02:52,176 where the water is serene 44 00:02:52,176 --> 00:02:54,178 and clear as a bell. 45 00:02:55,076 --> 00:02:57,333 There are frogs on lily pads 46 00:02:57,634 --> 00:03:01,202 and cattails swaying in the breeze. 47 00:03:01,827 --> 00:03:03,596 Fish playing tag, 48 00:03:03,599 --> 00:03:06,173 and tadpoles playing leapfrog. 49 00:03:06,173 --> 00:03:08,295 The sun is shining. 50 00:03:08,655 --> 00:03:10,823 The birds are chirping. 51 00:03:10,979 --> 00:03:13,054 Squirrels are playing, 52 00:03:13,355 --> 00:03:15,221 and butterflies are flirting. 53 00:03:15,221 --> 00:03:16,683 And there's a duck. 54 00:03:16,958 --> 00:03:21,268 Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. 55 00:03:22,664 --> 00:03:24,160 Oh yeah. 56 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,391 And my dog is over there sunning himself. 57 00:03:27,625 --> 00:03:28,755 (Laughter) 58 00:03:32,140 --> 00:03:33,920 Instead of plunging in, 59 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:35,889 I stick my toe in. 60 00:03:36,019 --> 00:03:38,180 Ooh la la, that's cold. 61 00:03:38,420 --> 00:03:40,542 (Laughter) 62 00:03:41,642 --> 00:03:43,648 So, I wade in. 63 00:03:59,947 --> 00:04:04,500 Through the use of imagination, acting, and yoga, 64 00:04:04,765 --> 00:04:06,434 and qi gong, 65 00:04:06,660 --> 00:04:09,009 I've found a way to recover 66 00:04:09,009 --> 00:04:11,630 from the traumatic experience that is prison. 67 00:04:11,630 --> 00:04:13,059 Thank you. 68 00:04:13,212 --> 00:04:15,562 (Applause) (Cheers)