A Little Hope…
Posted on Apr 17, 2009 - 10:12am by Marshall J. Gruskin in Lifestyle
Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent
First of all, what does this have to do with trucking? The answer is that I’m about to complete a month of being on the road. Just about everywhere I have picked up and delivered to American workers are worried, anxious and upset. At every company I’ve been to these past five weeks, there have been permanent layoffs and terminations. Many will declare bankruptcy or close their doors soon. Morale everywhere is terrible. Everyone, not just truckers, needs a little hope.
The YouTube video I have posted here has in the past 10 days been viewed 19,233,462 times. To date, 73,280 comments have been posted. It is about hope, faith, luck and by all means talent. Susan Boyle. 47 years old. Never married. Never kissed, according to her. Unemployed. Lives with her cat, Pebbles. She wants to be a professional singer, but had never been given the chance, until now.
“Britain’s Got Talent” is the UK sister show to American Idol and America’s Got Talent. Simon Cowell is the lead judge. I want you to watch this and remember that when times are tough, the tough get going. That’s Robert Schuller. Never give up hope. And perhaps you’ll get, as I did, goose bumps when you watch Ms.Boyle sing. And never forget, dreams can come true.
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Thanks, I needed that. Some of the 100,000 thousand comments on there mention the obvious that there were expectations from her age and even her looks and no one expected such a voice and performance. We need to remember that it’s not a matter of age to pursue something you want or something you want to do.
Good post. I just heard about this lady a couple of days ago and hadn’t had the opportunity, until now, to see the clip. Thanks for posting it here; the moral to the story is…there’s just too many from which to choose.
That was so amazing!!!
This is such a great story! Ms Boyle had a rough childhood as she was oxygen-deprived at birth and a very slow learner, so other kids made her life miserable in school. She was one of nine children and took care of both of her parents until their deaths. She’s been so depressed ever since her mother’s death she hasn’t even been singing in church. But, her mother always told her she should go on Britain’s Got Talent so she screwed up her courage and took the chance. Simon signed her to his own record label immediately! What a refreshing change from all the Pop-tarts!
Sir Winston Churchill said it best: “Never, never, never quit.” Ms. Boyle has that quality. Maybe its British?