Stand Up – Best Motivational Speech Video
I watched the effect of my father’s love
and humor and how it altered the world
around me and I thought that’s something
to do that’s something worth my
tunneling when I was about 28 after a
decade as a professional comedian I
realized one night in LA that the
purpose of my life had always been to
free people from concern just like my
dad I did something that made people
present their best selves to me wherever
I go
how will you serve the world what do
they need that your talent can provide
that’s all you have to figure out I can
tell you from experience the effect you
have on others is the most valuable
currency there is because ultimately
we’re not the avatars we create we’re
not the pictures on the film stock we
are the light that shines through all
else is just smoke and mirrors
distracting but not truly compelling
that piece that we’re after lies
somewhere beyond personality beyond the
perception of others beyond invention
and disguise even beyond effort itself
you can join the game fight the wars
play with form all you want but to find
real peace you have to let the armor go
your need for acceptance can make you
invisible in this world don’t let
anything stand in the way of the light
that shines through this warm risk being
seen in all of your glory I’ve often
said that I wished people could realize
all their dreams and wealth and fame so
that they could see that it’s not where
you’re going to find your sense of
completion like many of you I was
concerned about going out into the world
and doing something bigger than myself
until someone smarter than myself made
me realize that there is nothing bigger
than myself our eyes are not viewers
they are also projectors that are
running a second story over the picture
that we see in front of us all the time
fear is writing that script and a
working title is I’ll never be enough
I’m just making a conscious choice to
perceive challenges as something
beneficial so that I can deal with them
in the most productive way you’ll come
up with your own style that’s part of
the fun life does
to you it happens for you we never have
two choices love or fear choose love
don’t ever let fear turn you against
your playful heart all that will be left
of you is what was in your heart my soul
is not contained within the limits of my
body my body is contained within the
limitlessness of my soul you can fail we
don’t want so you might as well take a
chance laughs and dream up a good life
you can spend your whole life imagining
ghosts worrying about the pathway to the
future but all there will ever be is
what’s happening here
in the decisions we make in this moment
which are based on either love or fear
so many of us choose our path out of
fear disguised as practicality
what we really want seems impossibly out
of reach and ridiculous to expect so we
never dare to ask the universe for it
I’m saying I’m the proof that you can
ask the universe
you
