Name: It's never too late | Dilys Price OBE | TEDxCardiff
Uploaded: 2022-07-26T05:16:29.000Z
Duration: 20 min 30 s

Translator: Tanya Cushman Reviewer: Peter van de Ven

Gerund

Now then, I came on dancing because it will give me courage

and also because my favorite thing in the world is dancing in the sky.

Now, my title, as you know, is going to be "It's Never Too Late."

And I am here to tell you it's never too late.

Life could still be fun and challenging and can have a purpose.

I became the Guinness Book of Records oldest woman skydiver in the world.

what I remember so well, which I still do -

when it's terrifying in a wonderful, beautiful way,

and you're waiting for the engine to stall.

you're looking at the red, and then it changes to green.

you say "high-five" to everyone, and you go.

And I'm now feeling that same sense of beauty

because I'm talking to you, and you're listening to me,

It is my passion, and I'm still doing it.

I mean, two years ago, I broke my ankle in three places doing a skydive -

doing a skydive for television, actually.

So I was out of action for a year, or more than that,

So, I'm back in the air, waiting now for this to be finished,

Now, skydiving - this is what I love to do.

It's doing back flips; it's doing forward flips.

It's doing stand ups; it's doing sit downs.

And, you know, it's like driving a very, very fast car - it's very radical.

When, in the old days - because I've been doing this since I was 54 -

In the old days, when I was actually doing competitions -

which is not very good, because it's sluggish and slow.

which I've also been in, but now I'm too old to be actually competing -

You only have to do a little turn with your hands, and you're spinning.

It is absolutely wonderful, and I love my life.

At 54 years old, I was like a chicken with my head cut off.

I had a stressful job, a responsible job.

I was 54, thinking life is going to end pretty soon.

And in the 21st century, that is a real danger for us

because if you become fearful and stressed,

disconnect with yourself, disconnect with others

When that happens, it probably happens to all of us at some time,

it will lead to physical illness; it will lead to unhappiness.

And I was aware that I was in the state of disconnect.

And I thought, "I've got to do something about it.

I've got to find a reason which is beyond work,

And I started to look stones over; I started to turn stones over.

And you know, even the act of looking and searching

and recognizing that I needed to do something about it

Long story, but I did read Goethe, who said at one point -

and this is a paraphrase, he'd say it much more beautifully -

but really filling your life with beauty.

And he said for five minutes a day, look at something beautiful,

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