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I watched the effect of 
my father’s love and humor,

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and how it altered 
the world around me,

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and I thought: 
"That’s something to do."

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"That’s something 
worth my time."

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When I was about 28, after a decade
as a professional comedian,

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I realized one night in L.A.
that the purpose of my life

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had always been to free people 
from concern, just like my dad.

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I did something that made people present 
their best selves to me wherever I go.

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How will you serve the world?

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What do they need that 
your talent can provide?

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That’s all you have 
to figure out.

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I can tell you from experience the effect you have
on others is the most valuable currency there is.

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Because ultimately, 
we’re not the avatars we create.

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We’re not the pictures
on the film stock.

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We are the light that shines through. 
All else is just smoke and mirrors.

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Distracting, 
but not truly compelling.

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That piece that we’re after lies
somewhere beyond personality.

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Beyond the perception of others,
beyond invention and disguise,

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even beyond 
effort itself.

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You can join the game, fight the wars,
play with form all you want, but

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to find real peace 
you have to let the armor go.

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Your need for acceptance can make 
you invisible in this world.

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Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light 
that shines through this form.

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Risk being seen 
in all of your glory.

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I’ve often said that I wished people could realize 
all their dreams and wealth and fame, and

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so that they could see that it’s not where 
you’re going to find your sense of completion.

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Like many of you, I was concerned about going out
into the world and doing something bigger than myself,

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until someone smarter than myself made me
realize that there is nothing bigger than myself.

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Our eyes are not viewers, 
they’re also projectors,

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that are running a second story over the picture
that we see in front of us all the time.

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Fear is writing that script, and the working
title is: "I’ll never be enough."

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I’m just making a conscious choice to perceive
challenges as something beneficial

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so that I can deal with them
in the most productive way.

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You’ll come up with your own style. 
That’s part of the fun.

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Life doesn’t happen to you,
it happens for you.

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You will only ever have
two choices, love or fear.

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Choose love, and don’t ever let fear
turn you against your playful heart.

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All that will be left of you
is what was in your heart.

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My soul is not contained
within the limits of my body,

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my body Is contained within
the limitlessness of my soul.

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You can fail at 
what you don’t want.

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So you might as well take 
a chance on doing what you love.

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Relax, 
and dream up a good life.

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You can spend your
whole life imagining ghosts,

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worrying about the pathway
to the future,

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but all there will ever be
is what’s happening here

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and the decisions we make in this moment,
which are based in either love or fear.

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So many of us choose our path 
out of fear disguised as practicality.

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What we really want seems
impossibly out of reach

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and ridiculous to expect so we never
dare to ask the universe for it.

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I’m saying: I’m the proof that 
you can ask the universe for it.