Jim Carrey gives commencement speech at Maharishi University of Management.

Publicado a 28/05/2014

Jim Carrey gives commencement speech at Maharishi University of Management.

Jim Carrey surprised graduates at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, with a funny, emotional commencement speech in which he told them a poignant story about his father and urged them to walk their own path in life and never settle.

"The decisions we make in this moment are based in either love or fear. So many of us chose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect so we never ask the universe for it. I'm saying I'm the proof that you can ask the universe for it. And if it doesn't happen for you right away, it's only because the universe is so busy fulfilling my order. 

The high point of the speech was when Carrey talked about his father, who he said had the ability to be a comedian but took the safe employment route and became an accountant but lost his job. 

"I learned many, many lessons from my father, but not least of which is that you can fail at something you don't want, so you might as well take a chance doing what you love."

"I'm here to plant a seed today. A seed that will inspire you to go forward in your life with enthusiastic hearts and a clear sense of wholeness. The question is, will that seed have a chance to take root or will I be sued by Monsanto?"

The MUM website says Carrey was honored for "his significant lifetime achievements as a world-renown comedian and actor, artist, author and philanthropist," including starting The Better U Foundation, which addresses global food security