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he universe is so busy fulfilling my amp。rsquo。s party size! (laughter) My father could have been a great edian, but he didnamp。rsquo。t believe that was possible for him,and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant, and whenI was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job and our family had to do whatever we couldto survive. I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail atwhat you donamp。rsquo。t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love. (applause) Thatamp。rsquo。s not the only thing he taught me though: I watched the affect my fatheramp。rsquo。s love andhumor had on the world around me, and I thought, “。Thatamp。rsquo。s something to do, thatamp。rsquo。s somethingworth my time.”。 It wasnamp。rsquo。t long before I started acting up. People would e over to my house and they wouldbe greeted by a 7 year old throwing himself down a large flight of stairs. (laughter) They wouldsay, “。What happened?”。 And I would say, “。I donamp。39。t know 。 letamp。rsquo。s check the replay.”。 And I wouldgo back to the top of the stairs and e back down in slow motion. (Jim reenacts ing downthe stairs in slowmo) It was a very strange household. (laughter) My father used to brag that I wasnamp。rsquo。t a ham 。 I was the whole pig. And he treated my talent asif it was his second chance. When I was about 28, after a decade as a professional edian,I realized one night in LA that the purpose of my life had always been to free people fromconcern, like my dad. When I realized this, I dubbed my new devotion, “。The Church ofFreedom From Concern”。 。 “。The Church of FFC”。 and I dedicated myself to that ministry. Whatamp。rsquo。s yours? How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide?Thatamp。rsquo。s all you have to figure out. As someone who has done what you are about to go do, I cantell you from experience, the effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is. (applause) Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was inyour heart. My choosing to free people from concern got me to the top of a mountain. Lookwhere I am 。 look what I get to do! Everywhere I go amp。ndash。 and Iamp。rsquo。m going to get emotionalbecause when I tap into this, it really is extraordinary to me 。 I did something that makespeople present their best selves to me wherever I go. (applause) I am at the top of themountain and the only one I hadnamp。rsquo。t freed was myself and thatamp。rsquo。s when my search for identitydeepened. I wondered who Iamp。rsquo。d be without my fame. Who would I be if I said things that people didnamp。rsquo。t wantto hear, or if I defied their expectations of me? What if I showed up to the party without myMardi Gras mask and I refused to flash my breasts for a handful of beads? (laughter) Iamp。rsquo。ll giveyou a moment to wipe that image out of your mind. (laughter) But you guys are way ahead of the game. You already know who you are and that peace, thatpeace that weamp。rsquo。re after, lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others,beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself. You can j