Trči i postani, 6

Trči i postani, postani i trči, 6. deo, naslovna stranica originala (1981).

Izabrane priče-anegdote iz knjige Trči i postani, postani i trči, deo 6:

HOW CAN I COMPLAIN TO GOD ANYMORE?

            This morning I was running twelve miles down Main Street to Northern Boulevard. Hundreds of people were waiting for the bus on Main Street; I could hardly run. Then I saw two lame men who were walking with canes, one after the other. I said, "God, I can't blame You anymore. I can't make complaints to You about my running anymore." How could I make complaints to God when I was running so many miles and these two men were walking with canes?

--27 March 1981

KAKO MOGU I DALJE DA SE ŽALIM BOGU?

            Jutros sam trčao dvanaest milja niz Glavnu Ulicu do Severnog Bulevara. Stotine ljudi su čekali autobus na Glavnoj Ulici. Jedva da sam mogao da trčim. Onda sam ugledao dva hroma čoveka koji su hodali uz pomoć štapa jedan za drugim. Rekoh: "Bože, ne mogu više da Te krivim. Ne mogu više da Ti se žalim na moje trčanje." Kako sam mogao da se žalim Bogu kad sam ja trčao tolike milje, a ova dvojica su hodali pomoću štapa?

--27. mart 1981.

LOOKING FOR THE OTTAWA HOLIDAY INN

            In Ottawa I went out to run early in the morning. I had been running for about an hour and fifteen minutes when I realised that I was lost. I asked a very nice and kindhearted black lady where the Holiday Inn was. She said, "Oh dear, it is so far! Go straight down for at least twenty blocks and then ask people to show you where it is. You won't be able to understand how to get there from here, so after twenty blocks you ask someone where it is."

            I ran about twenty blocks to a place that I later found out was only two or three blocks away from the hotel. Unfortunately, when I asked a young boy where the Holiday Inn was, he told me it was in exactly the opposite direction. Instead of telling me it was two blocks in one direction, he turned the other way and said, "Run that way. Go only a couple of blocks -- two or three more -- and then you will find it." He even pointed the way with his finger.

            I ran two or three, then six or seven blocks and still I didn't see the hotel. Finally, I approached someone else and said, "Somebody told me that the Holiday Inn was only two blocks in this direction."

            The man said, "Not this direction. It is in the other direction. Turn around and go the other way."

            I said to myself, "Whom to believe?" The first time, when I was following the young boy's instructions, I was having no doubts. But by this time real doubt had started. O God, what could I do? When one is a stranger, one has to believe in these people. Finally I said, "All right." So I covered six or seven blocks in the other direction, and finally I found the Holliday Inn.

--11 May 1981

U POTRAZI ZA HOLIDEJ INOM U OTAVI

            U Otavi sam izašao na trčanje rano ujutro. Trčao sam već nekih sat i petnaest minuta kad sam shvatio da sam se izgubio. Upitah vrlo ljubaznu crnu gospođu dobrog srca gde se nalazi Holidej In. Ona mi reče: "O dragi moj, tako si daleko! Idi pravo na dole najmanje dvadeset blokova, pa onda pitaj ljude da ti pokažu gde je. Nećeš moći da razumeš kako da stigneš do tamo odavde, zato nakon dvadeset blokova pitaj nekog."

            Trčao sam oko dvadeset blokova do mesta koje je, kako sam kasnije otkrio, bilo samo dva ili tri bloka od hotela. Na nesreću, kad sam upitao jednog mladića gde je Holidej In, on mi reče da je to u suprotnom smeru. Umesto da mi kaže da je dva bloka na ovu stranu, on se okrenuo na suprotnu stranu i rekao: "Trči na tu stranu. Idi samo nekoliko blokova -- dva ili tri -- i stići ćeš do hotela." I čak mi je pokazao prstom niz ulicu.

            Trčao sam dva-tri, zatim šest-sedam blokova, a još uvek nisam video hotel. Konačno, priđoh nekom drugom i rekoh: "Rekli su mi da je Holidej In samo nekoliko blokova niz ovu ulicu."

            Čovek reče: "Ali ne na ovu stranu. Na suprotnu stranu. Okreni se i idi u suprotnom smeru."

            Pomislih u sebi: "Kome da verujem?" Prvi put, kad sam sledio mladićeva uputstva, nisam uopšte sumnjao. Ali ovog puta počeo sam zaista da sumnjam. O Bože, šta sam mogao da radim? Kad ste stranac, morate da verujete ljudima. Konačno pomislih: "U redu." I tako pređoh šest ili sedam blokova na suprotnu stranu i konačno nađoh Holidej In.

--11. maj 1981.

RACE ORGANISERS

            Many of the people who organise races have given up running themselves. Only in the evening they walk. They have all developed nice stomachs.

            I am the only spiritual Master who runs. Others just hold meditations and become fat. I will definitely defeat all the spiritual Masters in running.

--21 July 1981

ORGANIZATORI TRKA

            Mnogi ljudi koji organizuju trke prestali su da trče. Samo hodaju uveče. Svi su razvili fine stomake.

            Ja sam jedini duhovni Učitelj koji trči. Drugi samo drže meditacije i ugoje se. Definitivno mogu da nadmašim sve duhovne Učitelje u trčanju.

--21. jul 1981.

Izbor i prevod: Dejan Maksimović