Vandaag is de sterfdag van Bill Hicks, mijn favoriete standup comedian aller tijden.
Held.
The
world is like a ride at an amusement park, and when you choose to go on
it, you think it’s real, because that’s how powerful our minds are. And
the ride goes up and down and round and round and it has thrills and
chills and it’s very brightly colored and it’s very loud. And it’s fun,
for a while.
Some people have been on the ride for a long time,
and they begin to question: ‘Is this real? Or is this just a ride?’ And
other people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say
‘Hey! Don’t worry, don’t be afraid – ever – because… this is just a
ride.’
And we kill those people.
‘Shut him up! We have a
lot invested in this ride! Shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry;
look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.’
It’s just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell
us that – ever notice that? – and we let the demons run amok. But it
doesn’t matter, because… it’s just a ride, and we can change it any
time we want.
It’s only a choice.
No effort.
No worry.
No job.
No savings and money.
Just a choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy bigger
guns, close yourself off…The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as
one.
Here’s what we can do to change the world, right now, into a
better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each
year and, instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of
the world, which it would do many times over – not one human being
excluded – and we can explore space together, both inner and outer,
forever. In peace.
I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.