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 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.

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J. Francis