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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.92,0:00:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the other thing,\Nthat was about the age of 11 or 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.92,0:00:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered what running meant to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.79,0:00:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it isn't about the physicalness of it,\Nor what it does for our bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.73,0:00:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the cardiovascular functioning.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.70,0:00:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it did was give me\Nsanctuary and solitude
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.38,0:00:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a place to connect with light divine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.39,0:00:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's where I find clarity,\Nand I still find it there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.12,0:00:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the other thing that happened\Nabout the age of 15
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.27,0:00:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was I come from a long lineage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.92,0:00:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like if we had my whole chart\Nup here of my family,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.08,0:00:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd see a lot\Nof very thin athletic people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.30,0:00:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd also see\Na lot of really good drinkers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.85,0:00:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so at age 15, I took my first drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.83,0:00:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was at my friend Beth's house,\Nand after several, you know, of those,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.84,0:00:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called this guy named Robbie.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.97,0:00:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he went\Nto like the heathen public school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.34,0:00:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told Robbie that I loved him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.75,0:01:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.58,0:01:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Robbie didn't know who I was
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.85,0:01:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.54,0:01:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by the end of the conversation\Nwith him, he did know who I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.42,0:01:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so did all of his buddies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.50,0:01:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was something\Nincredibly powerful about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.67,0:01:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like those cultural\Nmessages that said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.38,0:01:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A quick fix and a quick way\Nto feeling good about yourself will work."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.50,0:01:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I didn't realize at the time\Nwas that it was part of the plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.17,0:01:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was part of the lie,\Npart of the way to dim, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.84,0:01:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dim the miraculous spirit\Nthat was me, and you, and all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.26,0:01:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so these two worlds\Nbegan to build momentum.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.54,0:01:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And step by step, the running improved,\Nand I began to get competitive at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.71,0:01:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can't just run because,\Nyou have to run for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.71,0:01:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to run to compete,\Nyou have to run to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.63,0:01:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't just run because.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.09,0:01:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so too did the drinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.68,0:01:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the dark nights,\Nand in a lot of really dark spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.54,0:02:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, on July 6, 1993,\NI was 32 years old, I hit bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.24,0:02:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The running was no longer working,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.87,0:02:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could not find solitude\Nor sanctuary in that space;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.75,0:02:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't find it anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.38,0:02:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I called my big sister Emily,\Nand I told her I had two choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was either going to move to California,\Nwhich is like the "geographic cure",
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.85,0:02:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I was going to kill myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.23,0:02:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked my sister Emily,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.25,0:02:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Which one should I pick?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.36,0:02:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she paused,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.83,0:02:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she gave me the greatest advice\Nof anything I've ever received,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.42,0:02:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd heard it before,\Nbut it really worked.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.75,0:02:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said,\N"Molly, this too shall pass."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.63,0:02:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I hung up the phone,\Nand I sort of fell to the side,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.92,0:02:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.71,0:02:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day was July 7, 1993,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.08,0:02:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I decided later on in the day,\NI called in sick to the job
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.21,0:03:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was holding at the time,\Nand I decided to go for a run.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.20,0:03:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was this huge thunderstorm\Nbrewing off in the distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.29,0:03:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,massive clouds, electricity, and lighting,\Nand all sorts of just ions in the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.41,0:03:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I put on my running clothes,\Nand I remembering thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.38,0:03:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's too dangerous. Don't go, don't go!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.12,0:03:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in among all the noises,\Nof all the shoulds, and oughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.07,0:03:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "You're not good enough,\Nor pretty enough, or thin enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.52,0:03:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever enough,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.88,0:03:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came this one little voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.56,0:03:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this voice said,\N"If you need to go, go."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.54,0:03:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I remember descending those stairs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.50,0:03:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about five miles into\Nwhat ended up being a 6-mile run,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.02,0:03:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.46,0:03:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, for me to try to frame it\Nin words does it a disservice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.98,0:03:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was something that happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.84,0:03:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like the way the sweat\Ncame out of my pores
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.50,0:03:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trickled down my chest\Nand down my back,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.68,0:03:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the weight of my ponytail\Nas it tugged behind me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.88,0:03:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was this spot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.38,0:03:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the intersection\Nof Kennelworth and East Boulevard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.94,0:04:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I just felt nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.22,0:04:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was as if there was no story,\Nthere was no should, there was no ought,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.21,0:04:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.66,0:04:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was as if I was just invisible,\Nbut in the most glorious way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.05,0:04:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story disappeared,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.45,0:04:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whatever I should be\Nwas no longer there; and I just was.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.38,0:04:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I burst into tears,\Nand I walked home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.24,0:04:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew\Nthat once I had experienced that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.75,0:04:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't go back,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.24,0:04:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't go back\Nto living the way that I had lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.01,0:04:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, you know, something had changed,\Nand I couldn't articulate what it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.86,0:04:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I knew that it had changed,\Nand I didn't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.84,0:04:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just let it sit,\Nand let it marinate for awhile.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.32,0:04:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I got married,\Nand then I had a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.95,0:04:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I gave birth to my son,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.11,0:04:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like, the purpose,\Nwhat I was here for,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.50,0:04:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to reveal itself in the quiet times\Nas I would nurse him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.70,0:04:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so "Girls on the Run",\Nthis thing that I wanted to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.54,0:04:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something to help girls feel and know\Nthat they are safe to be themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.49,0:05:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what our culture,\Nor no matter what their context is,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.80,0:05:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how they see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.48,0:05:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are safe, and beautiful,\Nand whole just the way they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.62,0:05:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I wrote out this curriculum,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.42,0:05:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to the school\Nwhere I had my spell,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.67,0:05:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll never forget going to meet\Nwith the after-school coordinator,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.16,0:05:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Alright, I'd like to do\Nthis thing called 'Girls on the Run'."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.75,0:05:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And his response, and he's\Na good friend of mine still, he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.88,0:05:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Aww, that sounds cute."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.56,0:05:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.92,0:05:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can remember thinking, "Cute?!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.35,0:05:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is going to be a species-level,\Ntransformational shift
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.81,0:05:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way girls and women\Nperceive themselves!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.98,0:05:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, were going to obliterate sexism\Nand eliminate the objectification of women
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.01,0:05:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from across the globe!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.83,0:05:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I mean I really had\Nthat thought in my head,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.52,0:05:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, I couldn't have said it then,\NI still have-- I enjoy saying it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.81,0:05:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.46,0:05:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I couldn't said it then,\Nand so what do you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.08,0:05:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go right back to default mode\Nwhich felt a lot safer,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.81,0:05:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I probably did\Na little something like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.23,0:05:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well it is. Can we do it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.09,0:06:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.58,0:06:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.60,0:06:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, 13 girls arrived\Nthe following month.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.87,0:06:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you right now,\Nthat if you are at all ever questioning
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.13,0:06:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it is that you're supposed to do\Nor where you're supposed to land,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.70,0:06:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like this, when those girls came.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.50,0:06:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly the way that it felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.40,0:06:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you ever question or wonder\Nwhat it is you're supposed to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.71,0:06:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it makes you go like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.24,0:06:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're probably supposed to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.08,0:06:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, the program has since grown,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.36,0:06:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,13 little girls\Npulled 13 other little girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.08,0:06:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we had 26,\Nand then there were 75,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.02,0:06:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just been an amazing thing\Nfor me to realize that so many of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.96,0:06:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether we're third grade, or 70,\Nor male, or female,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.48,0:06:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or old, or young,\Nor left-brained, or right-brained,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.30,0:06:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just want to know that we are loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.63,0:06:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the program is now\Nin 174 cities across North America.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.25,0:06:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.52,0:07:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.25,0:07:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year, we served,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.61,0:07:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we reached the quarter million mark\Nin the number of girls served.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.44,0:07:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at this point, I'm feeling very called\Nto expand to other nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.42,0:07:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have 40 or so\Nthat have expressed an interest,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.42,0:07:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not quite sure what to do with that yet,\Nfrom a business standpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.98,0:07:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I'd like to do\Njust to launch and to get you thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.64,0:07:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to share with you\None story about a very special girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.88,0:07:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her name is Shakira.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.13,0:07:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I was coaching\Na group of little girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.42,0:07:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was several years ago,\Nand we limit it to 15 girls in a group.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.50,0:07:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at this point I had 14,\Nand we start the day, the first activity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.93,0:07:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you say your name\Nand an adjective that describes you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.00,0:07:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I'm always like "Miraculous Molly",\Nand we go around the circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.46,0:07:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got around to this one little girl
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.47,0:07:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who just shook her head\Nand looked to the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.88,0:07:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the other girls goes,\N"Oh that's just Shakira, she never talks."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.43,0:07:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like, "Alright girl,\NI'm just glad you're here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.19,0:08:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just keep coming back girl,\Njust keep coming back."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.39,0:08:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, the next lesson she comes,\Nand she doesn't speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.63,0:08:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the third lesson she comes,\Nand she doesn't speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.18,0:08:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fourth lesson she comes,\Nand she doesn't speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.48,0:08:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to the school counselor,\Nand I said, "Can you please help me?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know\Nhow to reach this little girl."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.12,0:08:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she said to me, "Well Molly...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.50,0:08:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you look closely\Nabout her calves and her thighs,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.54,0:08:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll see the scars\Nfrom the cigarette burns."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.50,0:08:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this little girl had been cast away\Nin closets for long points of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.42,0:08:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she had to wear glasses\Nthat would dim in the sunlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.26,0:08:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized at that moment\Nthat I was privileged actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.70,0:08:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have her in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.60,0:08:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, over the course\Nof the next 12 weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.86,0:08:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to see something emerged,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.53,0:08:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the light that had dimmed\Nwithin this child,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.96,0:08:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the story that she'd been told\Nher entire nine years of life,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.25,0:08:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're not worthy,\Nyou're not smart enough,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.00,0:09:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "You're not worth it,\Nor you're voiceless,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.71,0:09:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was beginning to unravel and disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.76,0:09:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the end of the program,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.20,0:09:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was participating,\Nbut still not speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.98,0:09:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on the very last day of the program,\NI put the girls into a circle, and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.93,0:09:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Alright ladies, let's just say one word\Nto describe our experience,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.29,0:09:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping that this might be the day\NI would hear something from her.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.58,0:09:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first little girl said, "Fantastic!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.58,0:09:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody said, "Awesome."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.17,0:09:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do remember one 8-year old goes,\N"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.71,0:09:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you're eight
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.22,0:09:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's like the most official,\Nlongest word in the English language.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.64,0:09:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I got around to Shakira,\Nand she just looked around the circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.04,0:09:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she shook her head\Nand looked to the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.80,0:09:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the following day, we have our banquet,\Nwhere all the kids come together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.42,0:09:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we celebrate, and honor them\Nfor their presence over the 12 weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.79,0:09:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had called every one\Nof the girls up, and I called Shakira up,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.27,0:09:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we give funny awards\Nlike the "Sweat Goddess" award,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.57,0:09:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the "Runs with a Red Face" award.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.29,0:09:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I had called Shakira up,\Nall 14 or 13 of her teammates behind her,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.16,0:10:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I call her up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.44,0:10:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "Alright girl, I give you\Nthe 'Grand Communicator' award'.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.62,0:10:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of how you communicate,\Nyou know, that little sparkle in your eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.23,0:10:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know, you communicate in ways\Nthat are so much richer than many adults."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.00,0:10:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that little girl pulled\Nout of her pocket a card,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.58,0:10:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she handed me that card.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.39,0:10:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.72,0:10:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I will tell you,\Nthat in a room of 60 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.76,0:10:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt great solitude\Nand a great connection to my divine,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.65,0:10:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I did on that July-7th run,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.89,0:10:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I handed that card back to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.21,0:10:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Will you read this to me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.31,0:10:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that little 9-year-old took that card,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.73,0:10:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she began to shake, and shake,\Nand when you're really thin,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.87,0:10:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you haven't been nourished\Nfor a long time, you do like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.29,0:10:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she read it out loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.78,0:10:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what she said was,\N"Dear Molly, the word I wanted to say
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.08,0:10:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the last day\Nof 'Girls on the Run' was love.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.67,0:10:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your friend, Shakira."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.27,0:11:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so my question to you, and I just\Nreally, really ask you this question,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.59,0:11:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you want to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.89,0:11:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What stories do you tell yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.88,0:11:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that limit you from saying what it is\Nyou need to say to the world?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.98,0:11:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, if Shakira can do it,\Nyou can do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.42,0:11:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it includes bright, red boots,\Nyou better go get you some.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.66,0:11:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.10,0:11:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.38,0:11:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)