This Friday is the Big One!!!

Been on hiatus since last weekend... Were you able to hold down the fort? I had an awesome show last weekend with Comedian David Ferrell at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, KY. Got to perform for the incoming freshmen, and their parents. The new farmville joke seemed to go over well.

This Friday is the BIG ONE!! I'm doing a DVD taping with Thor Ramsey, who's the host of the comedy show Bananas. I'm not sure if they're even still on, but it was an awesome show! I remember watching it when I first got into comedy, and thinking I would be on it in a couple months... I had the impression I would be working with Thor Ramsey sometime my first year of comedy... Well, a few months turned into nearly five years of pursuing this calling. I've gone from not getting any laughs at all, to getting kicked off the stage in a Christian Haunted House where they show you what Hell is supposed to look like, to doing a show in the ghetto and barely making it out alive, to people being rude and telling me to my face that I'm not funny and a loser, to meeting some awesome comics who've helped me along the way, and getting to work with Thor Ramsey...

I'm not going to sit here and type that I did this all on my own. Because if you saw me when I first started, then you saw me doing it on my own. There were no laughs, and it was horrible. You would've expected to see me in a nursing home, opening for that guy on the Soprano's who got absolutely no laughs. The opportunities that have presented themselves over the years have totally been of God. Anyone who thinks they see talent in me, I can vouch the majority of my successes have been because God placed awesome people in my life who weren't afraid to share their time and talent with me, and the result of God giving me a humble spirit when I accepted their help. One of the best motivational posters I've ever seen says that no one gets anywhere by themselves. There is no such thing as a self-made man.

My challenge for you as I continue on this spiritual and healthy journey is to be humble in all areas of your life. You never know where your next opportunity will come from, and it's important to be teachable. Thank you for this opportunity to share with you! Thank you also for the encouragement...

Forever In Christ,

Rich Jones
www.richjonescomedy.com

Luke 14:11 - "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."