Life Lessons
I have a new garden post that I will put up tomorrow, but tonight I feel inspired to take a detour from gardening for just a moment. This won’t happen often. The garden blog will remain the garden blog and 99% of the posts will be just that. However, I’ve discovered something so extraordinary and so touching that I think everyone needs to see it. Some of you probably already have, as this video has “gone viral”, as they say and has become an overnight internet sensation with more than 7 million hits. It has been a Yahoo! headline, it was shown this morning on The View and I’ve already passed it around to all of my friends via email after discovering it on YouTube yesterday.
This is a reminder to all of us to never judge a book by its cover because in each and every one of us lies something extraordinary. I grew up with an aunt who had Down’s Syndrome and she was one of the most extraordinary people I have ever known. She taught me not to be afraid of people who didn’t look or talk or act the same way I did. She taught me not to judge by what I saw on the outside, but to see the beauty of her soul and the spirit within. The Down’s Syndrome reference is a personal reference to a special person who touched my life and has nothing to do with the following video, other than to point out that each of us, as an individual, is unique and extraordinary and should not be judged on outward appearances.
Watch the reaction of the audience to this amazing woman as she enters the stage…..and then watch as she sweeps aside every cynical thought, every snicker and laugh, every raised eyebrow with a voice so powerful and so precise and so beautiful that it cannot be denied. Enjoy and remember the name Susan Boyle. You’re sure to hear more from her! And I promise that I’ll get back to gardening tomorrow.