Imagine, if you will -- a gift. I'd like for you to picture it in your mind. It's not too big -- about the size of a golf ball. So envision what it looks like all wrapped up. But before I show you what's inside, I will tell you, it's going to do incredible things for you. It will bring all of your family together. You will feel loved and appreciated like never before and reconnect with friends and acquaintances you haven't heard from in years. Adoration and admiration will overwhelm you. It will recalibrate what's most important in your life.
Subukan mong isipin -- isang regalo. Bumuo ng larawan nito sa inyong isipan. Hindi naman ito kalakihan -- singlaki lang ng golf ball. Isipin niyo ito na nakabalot. Ngunit bago ko ipakita sa inyo kung ano ang nasa loob, ako mismo ang magsasabi, magdudulot ito ng mga kagila-gilalas na bagay sa inyo. Pagbubuklurin nito ang inyong pamilya. Mararamdaman mo ang pagmamahal at pagkilala ng higit sa dati at makikita mong muli ang mga kaibigan at kakilala na hindi mo nakita nang ilang taon. Pupunuin ka ng pagbati at paghanga. Babaguhin nito ang pananaw mo kung alin ang mahalaga sa buhay.
It will redefine your sense of spirituality and faith. You'll have a new understanding and trust in your body. You'll have unsurpassed vitality and energy. You'll expand your vocabulary, meet new people, and you'll have a healthier lifestyle. And get this -- you'll have an eight-week vacation of doing absolutely nothing. You'll eat countless gourmet meals. Flowers will arrive by the truckload. People will say to you, "You look great. Have you had any work done?" And you'll have a lifetime supply of good drugs.
Babaguhin nito ang iyong pananampalataya. Magkakaroon ka ng bagong pag-unawa at tiwala sa iyong katawan. Magkakaroon ka ng kakaibang sigla at lakas. Palalawakin nito ang iyong bokabularyo, makikilala ang ilang tao, at magkakaroon ng mas malusog na pamumuhay. At heto pa -- magkakaroon ka ng 8-linggong bakasyon nang walang ginagawa. Kakain ka ng mga mamahaling pagkain. Dadating ang mga bulaklak na singdami ng isang trak. Sasabihin ng mga tao sa'yo, "Ang ganda mo ngayon! May pinaayos ka ba?" At magkakaroon ka ng supply ng mabuting gamot.
You'll be challenged, inspired, motivated and humbled. Your life will have new meaning. Peace, health, serenity, happiness, nirvana. The price? $55,000, and that's an incredible deal.
Ikaw ay hahamunin, gaganahan, at matututo ng kababaang-loob. Magkakaroon ang iyong buhay ng bagong kahulugan. Kapayapaan, kalusugan, katahimikan, kaligayahan, nirvana. Ang presyo? $55,000, at nakasulit ka na niyan.
By now I know you're dying to know what it is and where you can get one. Does Amazon carry it? Does it have the Apple logo on it? Is there a waiting list? Not likely. This gift came to me about five months ago. It looked more like this when it was all wrapped up -- not quite so pretty. And this, and then this. It was a rare gem -- a brain tumor, hemangioblastoma -- the gift that keeps on giving.
Siguro gustung-gusto mo nang malaman kung ano ito at kung saan ito makukuha. Meron ba nito sa Amazon? May logo ba ito ng Apple? May waiting list ba ito? Wala siguro. Dumating ang regalo ko halos limang buwan na ang nakalipas. Ganito ang itsura niya nung nakabalot ito -- hindi siya maganda. At ito, at naging ganito. Ito ay pambihira -- isang bukol sa utak, hemangioblastoma -- ang regalo na pilit namimigay.
And while I'm okay now, I wouldn't wish this gift for you. I'm not sure you'd want it. But I wouldn't change my experience. It profoundly altered my life in ways I didn't expect in all the ways I just shared with you.
At kahit okay na ako ngayon, ayokong ipasa ang regalong ito sa inyo. Hindi mo siguro magugustuhan ito. Ngunit hindi ko babaguhin ang aking karanasan. Binago nito ang aking buhay sa paraang hindi ko inasahan gaya ng kinuwento ko sa inyo.
So the next time you're faced with something that's unexpected, unwanted and uncertain, consider that it just may be a gift.
Kaya't kung may dumating man sa'yo na hindi mo inaasahan, hindi kanais-nais at hindi tiyak, isiping ito ay isang regalo.
(Applause)
(Palakpakan)