The Meaning - Jim Carrey

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 time."

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

I realized one night in L.A.
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 form.

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, and

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’re 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 the 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 doesn’t happen to you,
it happens for you.

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

Choose love, and 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 at
what you don’t want.

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

Relax,
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

and the decisions we make in this moment,
which are based in 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 for it.