What does it look like when your moment arrives?

The Book As A Man Thinketh by the author James Allen is not quoted in the movie The Secret, but the book shares a message that is right in line wiht what the movie and book are trying to present. To set up my showing of a great example of someone who completely changed their life by one act of courage, I begin by quoting the following . . . (italics added)

And you, too, youthful reader, will realize the Vision (not the idle wish) of your
heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both; for you will always gravitate
toward that which you, secretly, most love. Into your hands will be placed the
exact results of your own thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no
more, no less. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain,
or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as
your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration:

In the beautiful words of Stanton Kirkham Davis, “You may be keeping accounts,
and presently you shall walk out of the door that for so long has seemed to you the
barrier of your ideals, and shall find yourself before an audience – the pen still behind
your ear, the inkstains on your fingers – and then and there shall pour out the torrent of
your inspiration. You may be driving sheep, and you shall wander to the city –
bucolic and open-mouthed; shall wander under the intrepid guidance of the spirit
into the studio of the master, and after a time he shall say, ‘I have nothing more to
teach you.’ And now you have become the master, who did so recently dream of 22
great things while driving sheep. You shall lay down the saw and the plane to take
upon yourself the regeneration of the world.”

So consider the case of Paul. A mobile phone salesman living in Wales, he had a dream of something better, but for years had not acted upon it. Had he not had the courage to do what is shown in the following video, he would still be unheard of to this day. The following is an example of what it looks like when your moment arrives, audience included.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA&NR=1

Now if you think that was something; here is a link to the professionals singing the exact same song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDtcidMR_6I&feature=related

I leave it to you to compare how Paul did compared to the undisputed world champions in that sort of thing.

So . . . .

All of us, and that means everyone, has some kind of talent given to them by their creator. All of us get to make the same decision with it as well. We can sell mobile phones, or we can take a huge risk in front of an audience (including TV) of millions, knowing that a failure there would pretty much be a big stumbling block to the further reaching of our dream.

The Universe likes those who are brave enough to take the risk.

Independent of the results.

Now there are people who come on shows like that who really do not have any talent in music at all, and I have observed people laughing at their attempt to sing when they obviously have no talent for it.

But I say this . . . The Universe loves those who are willing to take a risk, and those who are brave enough to go on a show like that and fail miserably are way more likely to eventually be successful in their lives as all of the people who are at home watching their TV laughing at them, who would never do such a thing themselves.

I honor them for having the bravery to try; and when they do figure out where their talent really is, they will jump into it with both feet despite any risks and because of that and their determination to never quit, they will be successful.

Meanwhile the people laughing at them from their couch will still be lauching at someone else.

Take your pick?

Joseph