Dreams - Morgan Freeman

[Music] there are those of us who like to venture to the unexplored to see the beauty in the strange and unknown those of us who go out there with a sense of wonder it's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you beyond this place of Wrath and tears looms but the shad Shadow the shade yet the Min of the years finds and shall find me unafraid God matters not how straight the gate how punishment charg the scroll I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my [Music] soul I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged their feathers are just too bright and when they fly away the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does Rejoice let me tell you about a voice the one that Whispers it tells me what's right and what's not when to leave and where to go it's not shakespear it does not speak in memorable lines my inner voice always gives it to me straight tells me who my real friends are when to say yes when to say no whether the person sitting next to me is the one I'll be spending the rest of my life with you already know that dedication hard work and perseverance gives positive results let your instincts guide [Music] you your 15 minutes are up you better start thinking of something else [Music] what else to do what do I want to [Music] do I was picked the day that I was going to go to the taxi and limousine commission to try and get my license and the day before I decided to go I got a call from my agent Paul Newman is casting monster seal getting a job is like having money in your pocket if you got it you can get it strangely enough so this was in September by October I had a TV job an off Bradway show I was directing a play and I was going to be in January going to do this movie was called Harry and Sons go figure what would you do if you weren't an actor if you didn't make it as an actor what would you do I have no idea I would act somewhere cuz I'll die if I don't [Music] people have asked me for the last 24 years how do you develop an above average income and the answer is become an above average person develop an above average handshake some people want to be successful they don't even work on their handshake as easy as that would be to start on they let it slide they don't understand develop and above average smile develop and above average excitement develop an above aage interest in other people develop an above average intensity to win see that'll change everything probably one of the most frustrating experiences in life is looking for an above average job with above average pay without becoming an above average person it's called frustration [Music] and Mr schof gave me probably the greatest clue he gave me when I first met him he said Jim if you want to be wealthy and happy the rest of your life just learn this lesson well he said learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job then Mr scha gave me probably one of the most important Clues among so many things he taught me but this was in those early days Mr scha was very kind but he was also very abrupt and he had these interesting questions to ask I'm giving him a little rund rundown one day on how things hadn't worked out for me he said Mr R I've got the answer for you if you will listen carefully and listen carefully I did that day and for the next 5 years if somebody's wealthy and happy you got to list he said Jim I've only known you a short time but he said it's already my honest opinion that for things to change for you you got to change that wasn't quite the answer I was looking for but that's the answer he gave me and I pass it along to you for things to change for you you've got to change otherwise it isn't going to change before I met Mr scha I used to say I sure hope things will change right that seemed to be my only hope if it isn't going to change I'm in serious trouble and then I discovered it isn't going to change so I'm in serious trouble see I can tell you what the 80s are going to be like you have dropped into the right place I did a seminar one time for Standard Oil Executives in management in Honolulu and uh we're having a conference one day on this big conference table and one of them said to me Mr rone you know some fairly important people halfway around the world what do you think the 80s are going to be like I said gentlemen I do know the right people I can tell you so they all listen very carefully and I said gentlemen based on my wide experience I can really honestly say to you in my opinion in the80s it's going to be about like it's always been aren't you glad you came that's inside I don't pass that around just everywhere now of course I said that to make a point but I also said it because it's accurate it's going to be about like it's always been it isn't going to change the tide comes in and then what it goes out for 6 and a half thousand years that we know of recorded history and probably long before that so it is not going to change it gets light and then what it turns dark 6 and a half thousand years see it's not likely to change and we're not to be startled by that and if the sun goes down the guy says what's happened what's happened it means he hasn't been here I guess right it always goes down about this time the guy says well I don't like that Arrangement well you got to talk to somebody besides me right it gets light then it turns dark in rotation the next season after fall is what winter pray tell how often does winter follow fall every year regularly for the last 6 and half thousand that we know of see it is not going to change now some Winters are long and some are short and some are hard and some are easy but they always come right after Falls it isn't going to change sometimes you can figure it out sometimes there's no way to figure it out sometimes it goes well sometimes it gets in a knot sometimes it sails along sometimes it gets in Reverse see that's not going to change the last 6,000 years reads like this opportunity mixed with difficulty that's how it reads it isn't going to change the man says well if it isn't going to change how will my life ever change answer when you change and whether I'm talking to high school kids or business Executives my message is always the same and it goes like this the only way it gets better for you is when you get better [Music] for [Music]