They say that first impressions are often misleading. Probably no more true than in the case of Susan Boyle. Ms. Boyle is a 47-year old unemployed Scotswoman from a small village in the Highlands. Fifty years ago she would have made a good character on The Twilight Zone. Her dream was to appear on Britain's Got Talent, the British show on which the wildly successful American Idol was based.
Ms. Boyle got her chance when she walked out on to a London stage recently to audition for the show. The reaction of the audience and the judges (including the terminally smug Simon Cowell) was shocking, but probably something that the never-been-married country girl had seen before. The reaction after her appearance was something else.
Take a look at her experience on Britain's Got Talent. The video is posted on You Tube. Click here to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY.
If you can't connect, just copy and paste the link into the address bar of your browser. It's well worth the effort. To date, this video has been viewed more than 3 million times.
After you check it out, ask yourself: Are you are like the audience in its initial reaction to Ms. Boyle? Or, are you like Susan Boyle herself--hardened to the reaction of people and able to succeed, not despite the judgment of those around you, but because of it?
Sometimes we're like the Simon Cowells of the world, judging others we know little about. But for every time in this life we pre-judge others, there's a time when we can have our own Susan Boyle moment.
Despite a world full of Simon Cowells, there is a little bit of Susan Boyle in all of us. Sometimes it just takes a little extra courage to bring it out.
Just thought you might like to know.
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