Hank 瀚克

English Transcript:

(Music)

(Applause and cheers)

Thank you.

My name is Mike Posner, and some of you may recognize me from that song, “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”, but I'm not the same person I was when I wrote that. In fact, that's why I'm here today. I want to tell you about the time that I did something crazy and it changed me. I want to tell you about the time that I tried to walk 3,000 miles all the way across the United States of America, the big challenge that got in my way, and the five life lessons that I learned. But way before I tried to walk across America, my story begins with my father.

My dad used to always tell me when I was little, "Mike, there's two things that are most important to me. Number one, I want you to be healthy. And number two, I want you to be happy." Now the healthy part, that came easy to me. But the happiness ... I struggled with that. I was kind of a shy and depressed kid, and I thought if I could get everyone to like me, you know, maybe I would be happier. And so I set about trying to get everyone to like me. And I'll let you guys in on a little secret. I was very effective at getting people to like me. In fact, by the time I was 22, I had become famous. I would walk onto stages and people, forget about like, they would scream for me. I would take my shirt off at the concert, they’d scream even louder. I’d go backstage, they tell me how great I was, but I'd get to the hotel and I'd be alone. And the happiness that Dad wanted for me, it just wasn't there. I don't know how to tell you this, I tried everything. Therapy, meditation, self-help books or retreats. Nothing worked. And it's not like this went on for six months, this went on for 10 years.

And so out of options, I decided to chase after the happiness that Dad wanted for me in one last way, in a way that had been stuck in my head for many years. I decided to walk across America. Now, very quickly, the people I worked with in the music industry gave me the feedback that this was both a bad and a crazy idea. You can't just stop making albums, stop doing shows and leave. This is a career-ending decision. That's when I learned life lesson number one. Not all crazy ideas are great, but all great ideas are crazy.

And so I made the decision, but still, these negative thoughts kept coming up in my head. Thoughts like: What if I really hurt myself permanently from doing this walk? What if they're right and I do ruin my career from trying this project? What if I fail? What if I don't make it across and, like, I fail in front of everyone? And to make matters worse, I lived in LA, but strategically, I wanted to start walking on the East Coast. So before I walked across America, I had to drive across America. And I don't know if you guys have checked lately, but America -- It's really freaking wide. It's really freaking wide. In fact, even driving across it at 70 miles per hour was daunting. I literally had to look at this vast expanse of land that I was going to attempt to walk across. I was going to try to walk one eighth the circumference of planet Earth. And so it was scary.

But on April 15, 2019, I stood off the coast of New Jersey, and I took a step. And when I took that step, all the fears and doubts about what might happen if I chose to do this, they disappeared because I was doing it. And that's when I learned the second lesson. Step one is take one step. I walked across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I walked across Ohio, where I developed blisteringfoot pain. It was worse than I thought it would be, but I kept going. I walked across Indiana and Illinois. I walked across Missouri during a heat wave, I walked across Kansas. I walked into Colorado. Before I knew it, I'd been walking for over three months. I could just see the Rocky Mountains on the horizon when -- ow! Pain shot up my left leg. And then I heard a sound that I didn't want to hear. Sh-sh-sh-sh. And I realized that a poisonous rattlesnake had just sunk its fangsinto my left leg. I called 911 and I asked, "Dispatch, am I going to die?" And the voice on the other end of the phone said, "I don't know, sir." I spent three nights in the ICU, and my leg swelled to the size of an elephant trunk. I went from walking 24 miles every day to not being able to walk to the bathroom. But after a lot of PT and great medical care, a really funny thing happened. I got better.

And so now I had a decision to make. I could either, A: return to my life of fame and luxury and Uber Eats. And unhappiness. Or I could B: go back to the sweltering heat. Go back to the blistering foot pain, go back to the sides of the roads where the cars almost hit me every single day. This path sucked and it hurt a lot, but it taught me lesson number three. When it comes to things I care about, my reasons to quit are always excuses in disguise. See, I had the best reason to quit of all time. Let me spell it out for you. I was bit by a deadly snake, and I almost died. This is the gold standard of reasons to stop doing something. In fact, it was such a good reason to quit that if I did quit, most people probably wouldn't even consider me a quitter, it would just be a really cool story with a bad-ass ending. But I wasn't doing this for most people. I knew. I knew that the only way for me to become the version of myself that I'd actually be proud of and have a chance to taste the happiness that Dad wanted for me so bad, was to walk the remaining 1,000 miles.

And ... I don't know how to tell you this. There was no podcast I could listen to about it, there was no book I could read about it, there was no documentary I could watch about it, there was no magical piece of advice a friend could give me about it, there was no psychedelic, I had to do it. I had to do it. And so I went back to the exact spot that that darn snake bit me. I was scared to go back there, too. And I took a step. And I kept taking steps until I walked up and over the Rocky Mountains. And I kept taking steps until I walked across Colorado. And I kept taking steps when I didn't want to keep taking steps. I kept taking steps until I walked across Navajo Nation. I kept taking steps until I walked across Arizona. I kept taking steps until I walked across Nevada. I kept taking steps until I walked across the Mojave Desert. I kept taking steps until the Hollywood sign was on my right. I kept taking steps until the pavement turned into sand. I kept taking steps until my walk transformed into a sprint. And after

 six months and three days, 2,851 miles, 5.7 million steps, I dove face-first into the Pacific Ocean.

And while I was in that water, an unfamiliar emotion washed over me. And that was happiness. That’s when I learned lesson number four, that true happiness comes from growth. So now I had the health, I had the happiness. But I didn’t have my dad. Two years before I started walking across America, my dad was diagnosed with glioblastoma, that's a form of brain cancer. And on January 11, 2017 ... My dad passed away. And I want to be real with you today. I had the idea and the inspiration to walk across America way before my dad got sick. But every time spring rolled around, I would say, “Next year. Next year, I’m too busy right now. I’ve got a concert, I’ve got a tour. Next year, I've got work, I've got a wedding that I don't want to go to, but I feel like I've got to go to it. Next year, next year.” And as a result of me saying "next year" ... My dad never got to see me achieve my biggest dream. My biggest accomplishment. And he never got to see me truly happy. And so, if lesson number one is not all crazy ideas are great, but all great ideas are crazy. And lesson two is step one is take one step. Three: reasons are excuses in disguise. Four: true happiness comes from growth. Then lesson number five ... Don't wait.

Thank you. (Applause and cheers)

This song is for Dad. (Music)

You tell me that you can see your mother. I couldn’t see her. That was my fault, it wasn’t yours. And I spit back these words I heard in Ram Dass lectures to make you feel better about what's in store. And everyone has their theory of where you're going. And here I am about to throw more words on top of that pile. I happen to think that you always know who I am. You're just stretching out your wings. You're gonna fly for a while. And that's all right with me. Fly, baby, fly. Yeah, that's all right with me. Fly, baby, fly.

I'm so tired of life inside the saddle. There's no reason for that. It happened just because. And the moon’s so bright tonight that I have a shadow. And that's a reminder that I'm not who I thought I was. And everyone has their theory of where you're going. Here I am about to throw more words on top of that pile. I happen to think that you always know who I am. You're just stretching out your wings. You're gonna fly for a while. And that's all right with me. Fly, baby, fly. Yeah, that's all right with me. Fly, baby, fly. Yeah, that's all right with me. Fly, baby, fly. Yeah, that's all right with me. Fly, baby, fly. And then it comes undone. It all unwinds. And there's only so much I can take. Only so much time. Yeah, it comes undone. It all unwinds. Been in the dark so long that the light just makes me blind. Been in the dark so long that the light just makes me blind. At some point, every light begins to flicker. So I suspect that even mine will start to wane. But I've got an idea that I'd like you to consider. If I could love you without trying to change you, could you do the same? If I could love you without trying to change you, could you do the same?

(Music ends)

(Applause)

Thank you guys so much, my name is Mike Posner, appreciate you. (Applause)

中文字幕：

(音樂)

（掌聲和歡呼）

謝謝。

我的名字是麥克·波斯納，你們有些人可能會認得我，因為那首歌，“我在伊比薩島服了顆藥”，但我不再是寫下那首歌時的那個人。事實上，這也是我今天在這裡的原因。我想告訴你們一個瘋狂的事情，以及它如何改變了我。我想告訴你們，當我試圖步行穿越美國3000英里的時候，遇到了什麼巨大的挑戰，以及我學到的五個生活教訓。但在我試圖步行穿越美國之前，我的故事始於我的父親。

我爸爸在我小的時候總是告訴我，“麥克，對我來說有兩件事最重要。首先，我希望你健康。第二，我希望你快樂。” 健康部分對我來說很容易。但是快樂... 我一直在努力。我是一個有點害羞和沮喪的孩子，我以為如果我能讓每個人都喜歡我，也許我會更快樂。所以我開始試圖讓每個人都喜歡我。讓我告訴你們一個小秘密。我很擅長讓人們喜歡我。事實上，到我22歲的時候，我已經成名了。我走上舞台，人們，別提喜歡了，他們會為我尖叫。我在音樂會上脫掉衣服，他們甚至更大聲尖叫。我走進後台，他們告訴我有多棒，但我到了酒店，我卻是孤獨的。我爸爸想要的快樂對我來說根本不存在。我不知道怎麼告訴你們，我嘗試過一切。治療、冥想、自助書籍或者遠足。沒什麼有用的。這不是說這個情況持續了六個月，這持續了十年。

所以，沒有其他選擇，我決定以一種多年來一直在我腦海中的方式去追尋我爸爸想要的快樂。我決定步行穿越美國。現在，非常迅速地，我在音樂行業工作的人給了我反饋，這既是一個糟糕又是一個瘋狂的主意。你不能只是停止製作專輯，停止演出就離開。這是一個會結束職業生涯的決定。這就是我學到的第一個生活教訓。不是所有瘋狂的想法都是偉大的，但所有偉大的想法都是瘋狂的。

所以我做出了決定，但仍然，這些負面的想法不斷浮現在我腦海中。像：如果我真的因為這次旅行而永久傷害了自己該怎麼辦？如果他們是對的，我確實因為嘗試這個項目而毀了自己的職業生涯，那該怎麼辦？如果我失敗了呢？如果我沒能穿越，像，在所有人面前失敗了呢？更糟糕的是，我住在洛杉磯，但出於策略考慮，我想從東岸開始步行。所以在我步行穿越美國之前，我必須開車穿越美國。我不知道你們最近有沒有查過，但美國——它真的很寬。它真的很寬。事實上，即使以時速70英里的速度開車穿越它也是令人畏懼的。我真的得看著這片廣袤的土地，我要試圖步行穿越。我要試圖步行穿越地球的八分之一。所以這很可怕。

但在2019年4月15日，當我站在新澤西州的海岸上，我邁出了一步。當我邁出那一步時，所有關於如果我選擇這樣做可能會發生什麼的恐懼和懷疑都消失了，因為我正在做這件事。這就是我學到的第二個教訓。第一步是邁出一步。我走過了新澤西和賓夕法尼亞。我走過了俄

亥俄州，在那裡我開始有了起泡腳的痛苦。比我想象的還要糟糕，但我繼續前進。我走過了印第安納州和伊利諾伊州。我在密蘇里州的一次熱浪中步行，我走過了堪薩斯州。我走進了科羅拉多州。在我意識到之前，我已經走了三個多月。我只能看到遠處的洛磯山脈時——哎呀！疼痛從我的左腿上升起。然後我聽到了一聲我不想聽到的聲音。嘶嘶嘶嘶。我意識到一條有毒的響尾蛇剛剛將毒牙刺入我的左腿。我打電話給911，問：“調度員，我會死嗎？”電話那頭的聲音說：“我不知道，先生。”我在重症加護病房住了三天，我的腿腫成了大象的象鼻。我從每天走24英里變成了甚至不能走到廁所。但經過了很多物理治療和很好的醫療照顧，一件非常有趣的事情發生了。我好轉了。

所以現在我需要做出一個決定。我可以選擇：A：回到我的名利豐收和Uber Eats的生活中。回到不快樂的生活。或者我可以選擇：B：回到灼熱的環境。回到起泡腳的痛苦中，回到每天幾乎被車撞到的路邊。這條路很糟糕，而且很痛苦，但它教會了我第三個教訓。當涉及到我在乎的事情時，我要放棄的理由總是掩飾著的藉口。看，我有絕佳的放棄理由。讓我為你拼出來。我被一條致命的蛇咬了，我差點死了。這是放棄做某事的黃金標準。事實上，這是一個如此好的放棄理由，如果我放棄了，大多數人可能甚至都不會認為我是個放棄者，這只是一個有著壞蛋結局的很酷的故事。但我不是為大多數人做這個。我知道。我知道我唯一能成為我真正為之自豪的自己，並有機會品嘗到我爸爸如此渴望的快樂的方式，就是走完剩下的1000英里。

而且...我不知道該怎麼告訴你這個。沒有什麼播客可以告訴我關於這個的，沒有什麼書籍可以讓我了解，沒有什麼紀錄片可以讓我看到，沒有什麼朋友可以給我魔法般的建議，沒有什麼迷幻藥，我必須自己做。我必須自己做。所以我回到了那條該死的蛇咬我的地方。我也害怕回去那裡。然後我邁出了一步。我一直邁出步伐，直到我走上了洛磯山脈。我一直邁出步伐，直到我穿越了科羅拉多州。我一直邁出步伐，即使我不想繼續走下去。我一直邁出步伐，直到我穿越了納瓦霍部落。我一直邁出步伐，直到我穿越了亞利桑那州。我一直邁出步伐，直到我穿越了內華達州。我一直邁出步伐，直到我穿越了莫哈韋沙漠。我一直邁出步伐，直到好萊塢標誌在我右邊。我一直邁出步伐，直到路面變成了沙子。我一直邁出步伐，直到我的步伐變成了疾馳。在六個月又三天，2851英里，570萬步之後，我俯首跳進了太平洋。

當我在水中時，一種陌生的情感洗過了我。那就是幸福。這就是我學到的第四個教訓，真正的幸福來自於成長。所以現在我擁有了健康，我擁有了幸福。但我沒有了我的爸爸。在我開始步行穿越美國的兩年前，我爸爸被診斷出患有

膠質母細胞瘤，這是一種腦癌。在2017年1月11日...我的爸爸去世了。今天我想和你們保持真實。我在我爸爸生病之前就有了步行穿越美國的想法和靈感。但每年春天到來時，我都會說：“明年吧。明年，我現在太忙了。我有一場音樂會，我有一場巡演。明年，我有工作，我有一場我不想去但我感覺我必須去的婚禮。明年，明年。”結果我一直說“明年”...我爸爸永遠沒能看到我實現我的最大夢想。我的最大成就。他也永遠沒能看到我真正快樂。所以，如果第一個教訓是，不是所有瘋狂的想法都是偉大的，但所有偉大的想法都是瘋狂的。第二個教訓是，第一步是邁出一步。三：理由是掩飾的藉口。四：真正的幸福來自於成長。那麼第五個教訓就是...不要等待。

謝謝。 （掌聲和歡呼）

這首歌是為了爸爸。(音樂)

你告訴我你能看到你的母親。我卻看不到她。那是我的錯，不是你的。我回應了拉姆·達斯演講中的這些話，讓你對即將發生的事情感到更好。每個人都對你的去向有他們自己的理論。而我在這裡正要在這一堆話上再加一些。我碰巧認為你總是知道我是誰。你只是在伸展你的翅膀。你將會飛一會兒。對我來說，這很好。飛吧，寶貝，飛。是的，對我來說，這很好。飛吧，寶貝，飛。

我對在鞍座中的生活感到厭倦。這並沒有什麼原因。這只是發生了。今晚月亮如此明亮，以至於我有了影子。這是一個提醒，提醒我我不是我認為的那個人。每個人都對你的去向有他們自己的理論。我在這裡正要在這一堆話上再加一些。我碰巧認為你總是知道我是誰。你只是在伸展你的翅膀。你將會飛一會兒。對我來說，這很好。飛吧，寶貝，飛。是的，對我來說，這很好。飛吧，寶貝，飛。是的，對我來說，這很好。飛吧，寶貝，飛。是的，對我來說，這很好。飛吧，寶貝，飛。然後它崩潰了。一切都解開了。我能忍受的只有這麼多。時間也只有這麼多。是的，它崩潰了。一切都解開了。在黑暗中待了這麼久，光線只會讓我失明。在黑暗中待了這麼久，光線只會讓我失明。每一盞燈最終都會開始閃爍。所以我懷疑，即使是我的，也會開始凋零。但我有一個想法，我希望你能考慮。如果我能愛你而不試圖改變你，你能做到嗎？如果我能愛你而不試圖改變你，你能做到嗎？

（音樂結束）

（掌聲）

非常感謝你們，我的名字是麥克·波斯納，感謝你們。（掌聲）

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