Appearing on the T.V. show, “Britain’s Got Talent”, 47 year old Susan Boyle stepped on stage to fulfil a dream. The Youtube video shows the audience and judges seeming to laugh at her because of her age, her face, clothes, body – whatever – and she shut every one of them up when she began to sing, then opened every one of them up to joy.
It’s not just that her singing is beautiful (which it is), but the amazing effect it had on every single person in that audience and world wide. She broke the rules by daring to be amazing while simultaneously defying the social ideals of beauty. And she wasn’t quiet about it, she didn’t change herself, didn’t apologized for a thing, silenced their laughter, touched their hearts and changed them all.
What is more wild?
The video has gone viral. She sang live before 3,000, but millions have heard her sing, and been moved to her angelic voice.
And also by her other message – follow you dream. In fact, she sang a song called “I Dreamed a Dream”.
Susan is a llifetime resident of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland with her cat Pebbles.
“I wanted to fulfill a wish to my mother that I wanted to do something with my life. Not only that but I felt like I had a bit more to offer,” she said in a t.v. interview.
And true wild woman that she is, she remarked “They say that television makes you look fat and it certainly did. I looked like a garage.”
The world has not heard the last of Ms. Boyle, and we will all be the richer for it.




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