Esther Perel

The biggest thing they could do was actually enjoy life.

You understand?

You understand?

I think what I took... And this was very, very young. I had the notion that I... my life will be meaningful. My life will be big. Not fame or things like that, but I will do important things. I will have a rich life in all kinds of ways. And I'll tell you a very, very interesting anecdote that happened to me this year. And I would often, so that was a thing I had. I'm a miracle child.

I think what I took... And this was very, very young. I had the notion that I... my life will be meaningful. My life will be big. Not fame or things like that, but I will do important things. I will have a rich life in all kinds of ways. And I'll tell you a very, very interesting anecdote that happened to me this year. And I would often, so that was a thing I had. I'm a miracle child.

I arrived years after my parents tried for me to be born. I have this whole legacy and all these, dead people at my feet, and I'm going to live in a way that's going to kind of give them something. So that's a piece also of why I, you know, what drives me. But as this year, I was invited by a German media group to be a guest of honor at a dinner at the Pauline Museum in Warsaw.

I arrived years after my parents tried for me to be born. I have this whole legacy and all these, dead people at my feet, and I'm going to live in a way that's going to kind of give them something. So that's a piece also of why I, you know, what drives me. But as this year, I was invited by a German media group to be a guest of honor at a dinner at the Pauline Museum in Warsaw.

And amongst the many other guests was also the foreign minister of Poland. And I had to say something. So I got up. I had no idea what was going to come out of my mouth. And I said, you know, when I was a child, I used to lie in bed and I would think, one day I'll go places and they won't tell me Jews not allowed. They let me in.

And amongst the many other guests was also the foreign minister of Poland. And I had to say something. So I got up. I had no idea what was going to come out of my mouth. And I said, you know, when I was a child, I used to lie in bed and I would think, one day I'll go places and they won't tell me Jews not allowed. They let me in.

But not only would they let me in, but they will tell me, you are welcome. And not only would they tell me you are welcome, but one day they will tell me you are the guest of honor. We want you here. And here I am today, invited by the Germans at the Jewish Museum of Warsaw in the presence of the Polish foreign minister. I guess I actually manifested this dream.

But not only would they let me in, but they will tell me, you are welcome. And not only would they tell me you are welcome, but one day they will tell me you are the guest of honor. We want you here. And here I am today, invited by the Germans at the Jewish Museum of Warsaw in the presence of the Polish foreign minister. I guess I actually manifested this dream.

And then this was like, I didn't know if it was the adult in me talking or the eight-year-old in me talking, but the room was silent. Wow. You know, it just like, it was right there, all in front of me. But I didn't, it was, here I am amongst you all, and I'm invited, I'm accepted, and we can start a new relationship.

And then this was like, I didn't know if it was the adult in me talking or the eight-year-old in me talking, but the room was silent. Wow. You know, it just like, it was right there, all in front of me. But I didn't, it was, here I am amongst you all, and I'm invited, I'm accepted, and we can start a new relationship.

And we can repair and we can learn to respect each other and we can learn to honor each other's presence. And that's what I want to do.

And we can repair and we can learn to respect each other and we can learn to honor each other's presence. And that's what I want to do.

That's why I tell it to you in my version, but I think these are stories that belong to many other groups and many other people who have been excluded, rejected, annihilated. I mean, nobody has the Olympics on victimhood.

That's why I tell it to you in my version, but I think these are stories that belong to many other groups and many other people who have been excluded, rejected, annihilated. I mean, nobody has the Olympics on victimhood.

If you look at the history of cultures and societies, when you do this, I would say it's periods of expansion and periods of contraction.

If you look at the history of cultures and societies, when you do this, I would say it's periods of expansion and periods of contraction.

Yeah.