Monday, April 27, 2009

A Gem Covered In Dirt


I realized that still most people judge people by their appearance. Susan Boyle had a dream to become a singer. When she first approached and claimed about her dream, everyone, even the judges laughed at her. I, too also thought ‘Oh my gosh, how could she even think of coming out to the stage with a face like that? She looks to old and heavy. She won’t even be able to pass the first round.’ Susan Boyle will also have known why the people laughed at her. But, she didn’t look disappointed. She kept her foot above the stage rather running away. When she started to sing everyone’s jaw opened with astonishment and surprise. Her voice was beautiful and magnificient. It made me ashamed and embarrassed by not noticing and respecting her talents.

Everyone always think that ‘every people have the same right, and pride to themselves’, but hardly everyone think of that when they come to a situation when they think that they are better than someone else. Such as nationality, age, skin color, wealth and even appearance. And they think just because of a tiny detail about them, they tend to ignore or look down upon anything about them. We need to stop judging people and look inside of them whether to check they are truly low-lives and deserved to be looked down upon.

The poem ‘Dream Keeper’ kind of links to Susan. The poem is saying ‘bring me all of your dreams….’ to the readers like a god or a consciousness. Everybody becomes nervous to stand upon a stage with a crowd so large at their first time. But, some people win that feeling by keep on telling themselves something hopeful after they can overcome this obstacle. Personally, I have high pride, and if someone laughed at me because of being on stage, I could’ve threw the mike away and shout in front of him no matter if it’s on air or not. However, Susan just went over it, and even kept on entertaining the audience. It was her dream for her life so she wouldn’t just send this opportunity.

The similar thing happened to Paul Potts, the 2007 winner. He was fat and unattractive very similar to Susan Boyle. He was a salesman, and when he said he wanted to do opera, everyone laughed the same. However, he was very, very talented. Seeing Paul and Susan, we need to realize that no one has the right to judge people but everyone has the right to become whatever they want.

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