The career making moment
by Walt Posted on Apr 22, 2008 under American Idolize | 3 Comments
Some people go their whole lives without crossing the one threshold that sets them apart from the rest of their peers. This is fine for many people, as there’s a kind of stage fright that occurs when you realize that everyone is hanging on your every nuance, your every meaning…
But then there are others that seek the spotlight. They never find their moment.
But perhaps you do try to reach out, to do something that sets you apart from yourself.
You may surprise yourself, doing something so important that you realize later that what you did surpasses everything you have ever done before. Perhaps not to yourself, though. You can take a private memory, either good or bad, and that’s YOUR private excellence, but we’re not talking about how you view yourself here. We’re talking about how others view you, how perhaps you’ve just changed the way that everyone sees you.
Like I said, not everyone gets that kind of moment. But I witnessed one today, and figured I’d share it with you.
Chances are, you witnessed it too, if you watch American Idol.
And now that I’ve said that, perhaps you can also guess who I’m talking about.
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