Magic of Believing

We've seen it time and time again ....  

We've seen it with the car phone salesman Paul Potts in 2007.  We've saw it again with frumpy Susan Boyle in 2009.  And now - in 2011's season of America's Got Talent - we are seeing it again.     

Ordinary people with ordinary lives and ordinary looks, all searching for fame and fortune - and holding on to a dream.  They show up out of nowhere.  A mobile phone salesman.  A caregiver.  A car washer.  

They come out onto the stages of reality shows like America and Britain's Got Talent - hoping to make something out of themselves.  

And what do we do?  We giggle.  We point fingers and laugh.  We roll our eyes.  (sometimes the judges do too)  

And we judge. 

But then - once they start to sing - magic happens!  

This year, on America's Got Talent - we meet 36yr old Landeau Eugene Murphy Jr, who has been washing cars for the last 10 years.  He's kind of goofy looking.  He appears - maybe a little 'simple'.  He has never auditioned for anything in his life.  He's just a poor black guy, washing cars for a living in West Virginia.  And he's chewing gum :)

And now - he's following his dream, to sing for the world.  

I admit - I admit - I judged him too.  Silly me.  I should have know better :)

Remember - Never judge a book by its cover - and always follow your dreams.  

(Frank would have been proud ;) )