Do you know who Susan Boyle is? She is this 47-year year old woman who is the truest example to me of never judging a book by it's cover. She appeared on the show Britain's Got Talent. I confess that I never watched the show before in it's entirety, maybe snippets here and there because people tend to be cruel to the contestants and I just wasn't interested in watching that. However, I heard about this story and was hooked.
This woman walked onto the stage, a bit older than the norm, overweight, perhaps not the most attractive person but you could see just a lovely, warm person. She was immediately judged by her appearance. If you didn't hear it from the audience's cat calls to her, you could see it on their faces. Then, they were all immediately silenced as soon as she sang her first sentence of "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miz. Then the entire audience stood and cheered her on in total amazement. I rooted for her and can't watch the video enough. You go girl!! Show those people who and what you are made of. Maybe someone will get how mean they were to her, to other people when they judged her. I've been on the receiving end of that in my life and I tell you it's not pleasant. I wish I could have handled it with the grace this woman did.
Watch it ... I'm sure it will touch you just as much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Junkie
1 week ago
2 comments:
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! Did you see how the people were all judging her?! I loved her determination and the whole, "I dont care what you people think of me..." attitude.
I thought I left a message here, but maybe I didn't do it right. I watched this video clip and was truly amazed by this woman. She is so precious. Can't help but note the judgment in everyone's eyes and then her voice is amazing! I smiled all the way through. Thank you for sharing. I might share this on my own blog...the message is a good one!
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