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“A Wake Up Call”

  
Scotland’s, Susan Boyle rocked the world with her performance of, I
Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables on British Television’s, Britains Got
Talent. But from the moment she stepped out on the stage, and until she belted
out those first mesmerizing notes, if the reaction of the audience was any
indication; then I’m certain those watching the program on their television
screens at home as well; had pre judged her. As we so unfairly do to so many
people when they don’t live up to our standards.

  
What Susan Boyle did on that stage should have been a wake up call to
the millions watching. Her performance was nothing less than sensational, and
filled the eyes of more than one person in that audience with tears, including
mine while viewing  it for the first time
on You Tube. If ever there was a lesson in, you can’t judge a book by it’s
cover, this was it.

  
How often do we do this? How often when someone doesn’t quite fit the
bill, do we write them off  without
giving them a chance? I am as guilty of this, as so many others are. When a
person doesn’t act, or present themselves as we think  they should to fit into society, we tend to
write them off as something less than perfect. Someone we wouldn’t want to be
seen with because they may tend to embarrass us in front of our friends.

  
Are any of us perfect? Perhaps do we not measure up to someone else’s
standards? Do we even want to know what others think of us, what would happen
to our egos if we knew?

  
I think before we can judge others, we need to take a hard look at
ourselves, and assess what qualities we have that make us fit in. What
qualities do others see in us that would want to make them be our friend? What
qualities do we have that would make us a good friend, and fun to be around.

  
So before we judge others, as the world judged, Susan Boyle, take some
time and turn a few pages, because we can’t really judge a book by it’s cover.

J. Francis

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Talking about YouTube – Susan Boyle – Singer – Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics)
47 Year old Susan Boyle wows the judges with her performance in the auditions for Britains Got Talent, singing I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables. Here are the Lyrics(Thanks to NewHotdox) – I dreamed a dream in time gone by When hope was high, And life worth living I dreamed that love would never die I dreamed that God would be …