I kinda wanna tell you a little bit more the, I don't wanna say basics

我想告訴你更多的一點，我不想說的基礎知識。

cause we don't really know anything about my syndrome. I was born with this very

因為我們並不真的知道什麼 關於我的綜合症。我天生就有這個非常

very rare syndrome

罕見症

that only two other people in the world including myself that we know of , have

據我們所知，世界上只有包括我在內的另外兩個人，擁有過。

have basically what this syndrome causes is that I cannot gain weight

基本上這個綜合症導致的是，我不能增加體重

yes it does sound as good as it is

是的，它聽起來確實很好，因為它是

I could eat absolutely whatever I want whenever I want

我想吃什麼就吃什麼，想吃什麼就吃什麼。

and I won't really gain any weight. I'm gonna be 25 in March

而且我不會真的增加任何重量。我3月就25歲了。

and I never weighed over about 64 pounds my entire life

而我一生的體重從未超過64磅。

when I was in college

上大學的時候

I hid, oh I didn't hide, I really new it was there

我藏起來了，哦，我沒有藏起來，我真的知道它在那裡。

but is the giant tube of twinkies

但是，是巨大的管twinkies

doughnuts chips skittles and my roommate

甜甜圈 薯片 草紙和我的室友

would say I could hear you at 12:30 reaching under your bed

我會說，我可以聽到你在12: 30伸手到你的床下。

to get food. But I'm like "you know what it's alright, I can do these things"

以獲得食物。但我'就像"你知道嗎'沒關係，我可以做這些事情&quot。

because there are benefits to this syndrome. there are benefits

因為這種綜合症是有好處的。

to not being able to gain weight their benefits to being visually impaired

到不能增加體重，他們對視力障礙的好處。

there are benefits to being kinda really small. A lot of people think, Lizzie

有好處是有點真的小。很多人認為，麗茲

how in the world are you saying there's benefits when you can only see out of

如何在世界你說有'的好處，當你只能看到出的

one eye let me tell you what the benefits are cuz they're

一隻眼睛讓我告訴你有什麼好處，因為他們'。

great

巨大

I wear contacts - 'contact'

我戴著隱形眼鏡--'接觸&39。

Half of contacts

一半的聯繫人

When I wear my reading glasses - half of prescription

當我戴上我的閱讀眼鏡時--一半的處方

if somebody is annoying me

如果有人在煩我

being rude, stand on my right side

無禮，站在我右邊

It's like you're not even there. I don't even know you're standing there

就像你根本不在那裡。我甚至不知道你站在那裡。

right now, If I stand like this, I have no clue

現在，如果我這樣站著，我就不知道了。

that there's this whole side of the room

有這整個房間的一面。

Also, being small I am very willing to

另外，作為一個小人物，我非常願意

volunteer myself to go to

自告奮勇

Weight Watchers, go to

體重觀察家，去

some gym and say: hi, I'm Lizzie

一些健身房，並說：嗨，我'米麗茲。

I will be your poster child

我將成為你的海報孩子

put my face on whatever you need it will say

把我的臉放在你需要的任何東西上，它會說

hi I used this program - look how well it worked!

嗨，我用了這個程序--看看它有多好用!

Even though there are really amazing things that have come from this syndrome, there are also things that

儘管這個綜合症有非常驚人的事情，但也有一些事情是

have been very very difficult, as you can imagine

已經非常非常困難，你可以想象得到

Growing up, I was raised 150 percent normally

從小到大，我的成長過程中，150%的人都是正常人

I was my parents first child

我是我父母的第一個孩子

and when I was born the doctors told my mom

當我出生的時候，醫生告訴我的媽媽。

your daughter has a no amniotic fluid around her, at all.

你女兒周圍沒有羊水，根本沒有。

So when I was born it was a miracle that I came out screaming

所以當我出生的時候 我尖叫著出來是個奇蹟

the doctors told my parents, we just wanna warn you

醫生告訴我的父母，我們只是想提醒你一下。

expect your daughter to never be able to talk, walk

期望你的女兒永遠不會說話，走路。

crawl, think or do anything by herself.

自己爬行、思考或做任何事情。

now its first time parents you could think that my parents would say

現在它的第一次父母 你可以認為我的父母會說：

Oh, no

哦，不

why why are we getting our first child to have

為什麼為什麼我們要讓我們的第一個孩子有。

all these unknown problems.

所有這些未知的問題。

the first thing they told the doctor was we want to see her and we're going to

他們告訴醫生的第一件事是我們要見她，我們要去

take her home

送她回家

and love her in researching the best of our abilities

並在研究中愛她，盡我們最大的能力

and that's what they did.

而這就是他們所做的。

I credit pretty much everything that I've done in my life to my parents. My dad is here

我幾乎把我一生中所做的一切都歸功於我的父母。我爸爸在這裡

with me today, and my mom is at home watching "Hi, mom!"

今天和我在一起，我媽媽在家看"嗨，媽媽！&quot。

she is recovering from a surgery. She has been the glue that held her

她正在從手術中恢復。她一直是支撐她的膠水

family together giving me the strength to see that she's going through so much

家人在一起給我力量，看到她經歷了這麼多的事情

but she has this fighting spirit that

但她有這種戰鬥精神，

she's instilled in me I

她灌輸給我的是...

That I had still proudly been able to stand in front of people and say you know what

我還能自豪地站在人們面前說，你知道嗎？

I had a really difficult life but that's okay

我有一個非常困難的生活，但這沒關係。

that's okay things have been scary

我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說，我是說。

things have been taught. One of the biggest things that I had to deal with

的東西已經教。其中最大的事情，我不得不處理

growing up was something that I'm pretty sure every single one of us in this room

成長的東西，我敢肯定，我們每一個人在這個房間裡的東西

has dealt with before

以前處理過的

can you guess what that is ?

你能猜到那是什麼嗎？

Starts with a 'B'. Can you guys guess it? - Boys!

以'B'開頭。你們能猜到嗎？- 小夥子們!

Boys??

男生？

Bullies!

欺負人！

I know what you all are thinking

我知道你們在想什麼

I should have come....why can't I sit here with them?

我應該來的......為什麼我不能和他們坐在這裡？

I have to deal with bulling a lot but as I said I was raised very normally

我經常要面對欺凌，但我說過，我的成長很正常

so when I started kindergarten I had absolutely no idea that I look different

所以，當我開始上幼兒園時，我完全不知道我看起來不一樣了

no clue I couldn't see that I look different from other kids

我看不出我和其他孩子有什麼不同。

I think of it kind of as a big slap of reality for a five year old

我覺得這對一個五歲的孩子來說，算是對現實的一記重重耳光吧

because I went on to school first day, decked out with pocahontas gear

因為我去學校的第一天， 打扮與風中奇緣裝備

I was ready! I went in with my backpack that look like a turtle shell

我已經準備好了!我揹著像烏龜殼一樣的揹包進去了。

cause it was bigger than me and I walked up to a little girl

因為它比我大，我走到一個小女孩身邊。

smiled at her, she look up at me like I was a monster

對她笑了笑，她抬頭看我，好像我是個怪物。

like I was the scary thing she'd ever seen in her life

就像我是她一生中見過的最可怕的東西一樣。

my first reaction was - she is really rude

我的第一反應是--她真的很粗魯。

I am fun kid and she is the one missing out so I'll just go over here

我是有趣的孩子，她是一個錯過了，所以我'就在這裡去了

and play with blocks ... or boys

和玩積木......或男孩

I thought the day was gonna get better and unfortunately it didn't

我以為今天的天氣會好起來，可惜並沒有

The day kind of got worse and worse and a lot of people just wanted to have absolutely nothing

日子越過越糟，很多人只想什麼都不做。

to do with me and I couldn't understand why.

與我做，我不明白為什麼。

why, what did I do?

為什麼，我做了什麼？

I didn't to anything to them. In my mind I was still a really cool kid.

我沒有'對他們什麼。在我看來，我還是一個很酷的孩子。

So I had to go home and ask my parents: what's wrong with me? what did I do? why don't they like me?

於是我只好回家問父母：我怎麼了'，我做了什麼，他們為什麼不喜歡我？

and they sat me down and said: Lizzie the only thing that's different about you

他們讓我坐下來，並說，麗茲唯一的事情，39;s不同的你。

is that your smaller than the other kids you have a syndrome

是你比其他孩子小 你有一個綜合症。

but it's not gonna define who you are. they said go to school

但它不會定義你是誰。 他們說去學校。

pick your head up smile continue to be yourself and people see that you're just like them.

抬起頭來微笑繼續做自己，人們看到你'就像他們一樣。

And so that's what I did.

所以，這'就是我所做的。

I want you to think and

我希望你能思考和

ask yourself this in your head right now what defines you?

問問你自己，現在在你的腦海中什麼定義了你？

who are you? Is it where you come from

你是誰？你是從哪裡來的？

Is it your background, is it your friends? what is it? what defines who you are as a parson?

是你的背景，是你的朋友，是什麼，是什麼決定了你是誰的牧師？

it's taking me a very long time to figure out

我花了很長時間才弄明白了。

what defines me. For so long I thought that what defined me was

是什麼定義了我。 長久以來，我以為定義我的是...

my outer appearance. I thought that

我的外貌。我想

my little tiny legs and my little arms and my little face was ugly

我的小腿和小胳膊 我的小臉很醜陋

I thought I was disgusting. I hated when I would wake up in the morning and I was

我覺得我很噁心。我討厭當我早上醒來的時候，我...

going to middle school and looking in the mirror getting ready thinking

上中學的時候，看著鏡子裡準備好的東西，想著

can I just scrub this syndrome off? it would make my life

我能不能把這個綜合症洗掉？

so much easier if I could just scrub it off! I could look like the other kids I

如果我能把它擦掉就容易多了！我可以看起來像其他的孩子我

wouldn't have to buy clothes that had Dora the Explorer on it. I wouldn't have to

不會'不必買衣服，有探險家多拉就可以了。 我不會有

buy stuff that are of dazzled when I was trying to be like the cool kid

買的東西，都是眼花繚亂的，當我試圖成為像酷孩子

I would wish and pray and

我希望，祈禱和

hope and do whatever I could to pray that I would wake up in the morning I would be

希望，並盡我所能祈禱我早上醒來，我將會

different and wouldn't have to deal with these struggles. it's what I wanted every

這是我想要的每一個

single day

單日

and every single day I was disappointed. I had an amazing amazing support system

每一天我都很失望。 我有一個驚人的驚人的支持系統

around me. who never

我身邊的人

pitty me, who are in there to pick me up if I'm sad

可憐我，如果我難過，誰在那裡接我呢？

who are there to laugh with me during the good times and they taught me

他們在好的時候和我一起笑，他們教會了我。

that even though I have this syndrome, even though things are hard

即使我有這種綜合症，即使事情很困難

i cant that defined me. My life was put into my hands

我不能定義我。我的生活被放在我的手中

just like your lives are put into yours. You are the person

就像你的生命投入你的生命一樣。你就是那個人

in the front seat of your car. You are the one who decides whether your car goes down

在你的車的前座。你是一個誰決定你的車是否去了。

a bad path or a good path. You are the one that decides what defines you

一條壞路或一條好路。你是一個決定什麼定義你的人。

let me tell you it could be really easy

我告訴你，這很容易

I mean really hard to figure out what what defines you. Cause there are times

我的意思是真的很難弄清楚什麼是你的定義。因為有的時候

when I would get so annoyed and frustrated and I don't care what defines me.

當我會變得如此煩躁和沮喪，我不'關心什麼定義我。

When I was in high school I found a video

當我在高中的時候，我發現一個視頻。

unfortunately, that somebody posted of me, labeling me the world's ugliest woman

不幸的是，有人貼了我，給我貼上世界上最醜陋的女人的標籤。

There were four million views for this video, 8 seconds long,

這段時長8秒的視頻有400萬的瀏覽量。

no sound, thousands of comments. People saying Lizzie

沒有聲音，成千上萬的評論。人們說麗茲

please please just do the

拜託拜託

world a favor put a gun to your head and kill yourself.

幫世界一個忙... ...拿槍指著你的頭，然後自殺。

Think about that. If people told you that

你想想看如果人們告訴你

strangers told you this. I cried my eyes out of course and I was ready to kinda fight back and

陌生人告訴你的。我當然哭得稀里嘩啦的，我也準備好了還擊和

something kinda clicked in my head and I thought I'm was gonna leave it alone

有些東西有點點擊在我的頭上，我想我'm是要去離開它獨自一人。

I kind of started realizing that my life is in my hands

我開始意識到我的生活在我的手中

I could either choose to make this really good

我可以選擇讓這個真的好

or I can choose to make this really bad. I could either be grateful and open my

或者我可以選擇讓這一切變得很糟糕。我可以選擇感激並打開我的

eyes and realize the things that I do have and make

眼睛，意識到我所擁有的東西，並使。

those the things that define me. I can't see out of one eye

這些東西定義我。我不能用一隻眼睛看問題

I can see out of the other. I might get sick a lot

我可以從另一個地方看到。我可能會經常生病

I have really nice hair.

我的頭髮真的很好看。

You guys are like the best little section right here

你們是這裡最棒的小團體

Oh I loose my train of thought!

哦，我的思路都亂了！

okay where was I?

好吧，我在哪裡？

Hair! okay thank you thank you thank you

發！好的，謝謝你，謝謝你

So I could either choose to be happy or I could choose to kind of

所以，我可以選擇快樂，或者我可以選擇那種。

be upset with what I have and still kind of complain about it

心有不甘，怨天尤人

but then I started realizing: Am I gonna let the people who call me a monster define me?

但後來我開始意識到，我要讓那些叫我怪物的人定義我嗎？

am I gonna let the people who said kill it with fire define me?

難道我要讓那些說要用火燒死它的人來定義我嗎？

No I'm gonna let

沒有我的裙子讓

my goals and my success and my accomplishments be the things that define me.

我的目標，我的成功和我的成就是定義我的東西。

not outer appearance not the fact that I'm visually impaired not the fact that

不是外貌不是事實，我'm視覺障礙不是事實，

I have this syndrome that nobody knows what it is

我有這種綜合症，沒有人知道它是什麼。

so I told myself I'm gonna work my butt off

所以我告訴自己，我要去工作，我的屁股了

and do whatever I could to make myself better because in my mind

並盡我所能讓自己變得更好，因為在我看來

the best way that I could get back at all those people

是我報復那些人的最好辦法。

who made fun of me, who peesed me

誰取笑我，誰給我撒尿

to call me ugly and call me a monster was to make myself better

說我醜陋，說我是怪物是為了讓自己變得更好

and to show them you know what, tell me those negative things

讓他們知道你知道什麼，告訴我那些負面的事情

I'm gonna turn them around and I'm gonna use them as a ladder to climb up to my goals

我要把它們轉過來，把它們當做爬向目標的階梯。

that's what I did! I told myself I wanted to be motivational speaker

這就是我所做的！我告訴自己，我想成為勵志演講家。我告訴自己，我想成為勵志演講者

I wanna write a book, graduate college have my own family, my own career

我想寫一本書，大學畢業，有自己的家庭，有自己的事業。

eight years later, I'm sitting in front of you still doing motivational speaking

八年後，我坐在你面前還在做激勵性演講

first thing

第一件事

I accomplished it. I wanted to write a book, in a couple weeks

我完成了。 我想寫一本書，在幾個星期內。

I will be submitting the manuscripts for my third book

我將提交我的第三本書的手稿。

I wanted to graduate college and I just finished

我想大學畢業，我剛剛完成

College!

大學！

I'm getting a degree in Communication Studies from Texas State University

我在德克薩斯州立大學獲得通信研究學位。

in StMarcus and I have a minor in English I

在聖馬可斯，我有一個副修英語，我

really try to use real life experience while I was getting my degree

我在攻讀學位的時候，真的是在嘗試用實際的生活經驗。

and my professes were not having it

而我的神父們卻不領情

But, I wanted to have lastly with my own family and my own career

但是，我想最後擁有自己的家庭和自己的事業。

and family part kinda down the line. In my career

和家庭的部分挺下線。在我的職業生涯中

I feel like I'm really doing well with it

我覺得我真的做得很好。

considering the fact that when I decided I wanted to be a motivational speaker

考慮到當我決定要做一個勵志演講家時

I went home, I stand in front of my laptop went to Google

我回到家，我站在我的筆記本電腦前去谷歌。

typed in: how to be a motivational speaker

打入：如何做一個勵志的演講者？

I'm not even joking. I worked my butt off

我甚至不是在開玩笑。我工作了我的屁股

I used the people who are telling me that I couldn't do this

我用那些告訴我不能這樣做的人'。

to motivate me I use their negativity to light my fire to keep going

我用他們的負面情緒點燃我前進的火種

use that use that use that negativity that you have in your life to make

利用利用利用利用你生活中的負面情緒，使

yourself better

自強

because I guarantee you

因為我向你保證

guarantee you, you will win

保你贏

I want to end with asking you again

最後我想再問你一次

I want you to leave here and ask yourself

我想讓你離開這裡，問自己

what defines you? but remember

但請記住

Brave starts here!! thank you

勇敢從這裡開始，謝謝