Susan Boyle - Lost Cause Or Inspiration For The Ages?

Our attention spans get shorter, our loyalties shift quicker, we get bored sooner - and the entertainment industry cranks out one overnight sensation after another. What happened when Susan Boyle came along? A wake-up call rang through our living rooms - we'd rediscovered beauty! Not superficial, made-up gorgeousness, no - the truly deep beauty of individual art and expression. Unlike 90 percent of regular cookie-cutter TV fare - Susan Boyle's performance touched our hearts.

I think this happened against our collective wills. We did not expect it - we did not want to expect this: an ordinary woman shamed us with her courage! (And she turned the reigning celebrities into babbling dilettantes!)

Oh, yes - Susan Boyle put us to shame! First, we rolled our eyes. Then, it hit us like a ton of bricks: if she can do this - what have we done with our lives? How hard have we tried? How high have we reached?

This realization is very painful. We have to numb our conscience with screams for Susan Boyle's glory. But what comes next?

When the overnight sensation becomes yesterday's news - will we return to our mediocre existence or will we be inspired to great deeds ourselves?

Will we develop our strengths and present them as our gifts to the world?

What are we learning from the Susan Boyle phenomenon?

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