What's up everybody, how you doing man? I feel so naked up here. I wish I had
brought my stove.
Anybody following the presidential primaries? You digging the vibe? So yeah,
you know, now more than ever, the world needs superheroes. But not the kind of
fly. See, that whole leaping tall building thing seems too dangerous to try. Now, I
believe in superheroes, but I don't look for them above, because they exist inside
each of us and we saved the day with love. Yeah love, let's hear it for love! Yeah
you know it's love that plays a part in every day saving mission. It's one of ten
super powers, to bring our best self to fruition. Now, you don't need a mask. You
don't need a cape. You don't need freaking spider man's permission. It's
simple, all you need is the ambition to unlock your most optimistic disposition.
It starts with gratitude- now that's an attitude. Re-frame 'and I have to do this'
to 'I get to do that' could take us to a whole new latitude. But it takes practice,
like learn to play the piano with roll perfect pass, to get beyond the half-full
half-empty question and just be grateful for the glass. See being open to what is
can take us far. Most of our suffering is rooted in wanting things to be different
than they are. And I'll tell you, I'll be honest with you man, the last thing that
I need is x-ray vision. I mean every time I walk past the ladies locker room, I
don't want to have to make an ethical decision. And what's so cool about seeing
things that we're not supposed to see, I mean wouldn't it be so much cooler to
create things that 'till now have yet to be? That can unify people from sea to
shining sea? Or liberate people who have never known what it's like to feel free?
See, creativity is a super power that can transform 'me' too 'we.' Now I've been trying
to keep this rhyme clean, but I'm sorry I just got to drop the 'f' word: fun. Yeah I
said it. And no you haven't misheard, see, fun gets a bad rap. Seen
by some as superficial or trite but true fun - and I mean real fun - is oceans deep.
With the power to heal and the power to unite. And guess what? with fun comes
laughter. Laughter's got no foreign accent. All people laugh the same. Ever
wonder why we laugh at jokes even when the jokes are lame? See humor has been
part of being human since humans first walked erect. Humor's a super power
because it allows us to connect. And my man popeye used to say, and I quote, "I am
what I am because that's what I am" but was that before or after the dude downed
the spinach can? See weakness and strength, joy and pain, they're part of
life's inherent synchronicity. But if we can embrace both within ourselves, it
paves the way for authenticity. Now authenticity isn't easy. Takes courage to keep
it real. Others can tell you how and when and where to drive, it it's only you
behind the wheel. It's easy to quit. "I'm too this, I'm too that, I'm too old, I'm too
fat." "I'm too white" or "I'm too black." "I'm too bald." but 'i doubt,' 'i doubt' is
inexhaustible. But when we have the courage to drop the I-M it's what makes
the impossible possible. Now Superman has superhuman strength. He could stand in
front of speeding trains. Big effing deal! You and I, we got human strength. So we
can stand beside each other's pain. And I'll take compassion over muscle any day.
It's where humanity ends and where it starts. Our whole will only be as great
as the sum of our hearts. I know that life is hard. There's no shortages on
pain. And I know that life can be sad, and that our tears may fall like rain. And I
know that life's unfair, some injustice just can't be understood. But let's keep
fighting to make things right like superheroes should. And if
for that one reason alone I believe that life is good. Thank you all.