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In the parties that I attend, I’ve noticed a common ritual
that happens around the Videoke machine. I’ve discovered three
stages in this ritual.
First, someone is cajoled to sing for the
group. He first declines adamantly like it was as preposterous as
running for President of the Philippines. He in fact points to
others who may sing better—but if for some bizarre reason, people don’t point
back to him to sing, you will notice that he will go home utterly depressed and
may hang himself…
But let’s say the
ritual is followed and people keep urging him to sing. The would-be singer
declines now with shy humor—inviting them to pressure him more. He
says inane stuff like, “Ayoko, baka ma-discover ako.”
The second stage of this ritual is when the singer takes
the microphone, pulls from his left pocket an instrumental CD and says, “Track
1.”
The third stage happens after the song. Everyone
asks for an encore—no matter if his voice gives everyone a brief introductory
experience of the pains of hell. The Filipino audience is supposed
to praise him with words like, “Naku, kailangang may makadiscover sa
‘yo! Kalinya mo si Martin Nievera!”
Let me focus on
one point about this ritual: This whole thing about getting “discovered”.
I believe that in real life, getting discovered by someone
else is not as important as discovering yourself.
You discover the beauty, the glory, the wonder that IS you!
Listen to a quote I got from Mike Murdock: “Popularity
is when others like you. Happiness is when you like yourself.”
Do you LIKE
yourself?
Do you enjoy being you?
Do you celebrate and throw a party because of the goodness
that God has bestowed on you from the very beginning?
Let me say this
again: Don’t wait to be discovered.
Pray. Be quiet. Look within yourself through His eyes.
Discover!
And be completely awed at how beautiful, how special, how
wonderful you really are.
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