It's Just a Ride - Bill Hicks

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 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.