Cool Head Warm Heart

In her first appearance on Britain’s Got Talent, Susan Boyle said she want to be as successful as Elaine Paige. Now she is singing along side with her. Both have amazing voices. Amazing music. The song is “I know him so well” from the musical “Chess” composed by the two ABBA members, Benny and Bjorn.

Elaine Paige leads the first part, letting Susan to sing the part which is more suitable for lady voice. That makes Susan voice standout.

What makes Susan Boyle’s story so appealing is the feeling of so happy for her reaching her dream yet so sorry for her of the years she took and the could-be-her-life she missed as young famous star.

We all believe talent should not be wasted, not even a day. We all believe a talented person like her deserves to be on stage and to be famous at age of 18, and not to waste a minute older.

It is through a very different perspective when one says “Let’s see where life leads us to”. It is at the opposite of my deeply rooted perception of “life must be within one’s control”.

I have to tell myself “oh….NO no no no. Bu shi de. c’nest pas comme ca.” . We should just see where life leads us to. This is what my cousin wrote. For the last 9 months, in a positive way, life had shown me that it is not within my control. I started to realise it is good for me to leave accountancy & finance behind. This profession makes me wrongly believe in the illusion that life is structured and can be controlled within the structure.

When I have to deal with sales and to meet strangers, I learned the truth of life that my success or failure is in the mercy of fate, of others, of everyone and everybody else. I am not in control. I should just believe in life, putting my fair share of decisions and take the journey it gives.

Let me get this into my thick head.

“Life is a piece of Toastmaster speech, regardless how well you draft the speech, you can never expect how it is going to turn out to be during the delivery.” — CT