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Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high,
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid
When dreams were made and used,
And wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung,
No wine untasted.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hopes apart
As they turn your dreams to shame.

And still I dream he'll come to me
And we will live our lives together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms
We cannot weather...

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seems
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.

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In just that 7 minutes on air, Susan Boyle touched millions of hearts around the world, turning her from a dowdy lady from Scotland (who lives with her cat, Pebbles -> cute name!) to an overnight singing sensation. 25 million hits on YouTube in just one weekend!!

And really, that was such an angelic voice... totally blew me away and made my tear ducts work up! Did you see that Ashlee Simpson wannabe in the audience rolling her eyes at the beginning? Did you see everyone trying to suppress their laughter when she went on stage?

How many of us tend to judge a person by their appearance? I admit that I do, not once, but over and over again. We have been so pre-conditioned to think that looks are everything.

Read in the papers today that Simon Cowell is keen to sign her on. I hope that popularity will not change her, and that she should continue keeping it real because it is precisely her simplicity AND HER HEART that wowed the audience!

Thank you Susan, for reminding us about humility, inner beauty, quiet confidence and courage which made you believe in your dreams. AMAZING.