Message of the Day - Book, Cover, Judge....Never!

Good Morning,

 

As many of you are aware, there is this lady from a small village in Scotland who has been wowing the world with her angelic voice on YouTube. She appeared on a British TV show called “Britain’s Got Talent” (modeled after American Idol). Her name is Susan Boyle and if you have not seen the videos of her singing, you need to do so immediately after reading this message. I will provide some links below.

 

When Susan walked on stage, an unemployed frumpy, 47 year old woman, the audience jeered at her. The judges, including Simon Cowell, all made faces to each other. It was all as if to say ‘oh Lord, no, this can’t be good’. The audience and the judges had already decided, this woman was a loser and laughingstock and should get on the next bus back to whatever little village she came from.

 

Simon asked her what her dream was. She said it was to be a professional singer. He then asked why hasn’t worked for her yet, she being 47. She said she never had the chance until now. The audience and judges continued to snicker.

 

Then Susan sang.

 

Her voice filled the auditorium and snickers immediately turned to cheers. Susan was awarded top scores, possibly the highest in the three year history of the show.

 

The first glances at Susan Boyle gave the wrong image, the wrong impression.

 

We have a lot of situations in our lives when we find ourselves judging others before we get to know them. They look frumpy, they have wild hair, their eyes are all ‘wiggy’, they wear weird fashions. They walk with a limp, or whatever. It would behoove us to look past this initial scan to find out more about people. When we get passed those first images, the book cover, so to speak, we find the diamond in the rough.

 

It is a profound lesson in life, that all we initially see may not be as it seems at first glance, that we should give people and situations more time when it is safe to do so. A bus that looks like it is barreling down the road toward you may not be worthy of a second or third glance to be sure prior to stepping out of the way, but with people, it normally is safe.

 

And the videos:

 

Watch This Video First: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

 

At the Semi-Finals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWCqIVQpEI

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

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