When Fantasia Barrino took the stage at American Idol final show and sang, "I Believe" every cell, every fiber in my body sang with her. When she was crowned the American Idol winner for season 3 that night, and she took the stage one more time for "I Believe", I cried with her.
The same emotions I had for Jacklyn Victor, the Malaysia's first Idol winner and her song, "Gemilang", I cried with her... Till today, those moments are so fresh in my thoughts, my mind, my heart. Each moment i hear those songs, my heart goes back to that night, that moment... that moment in time!
Not just Fantasia or Jacklyn, I have many more on my list, from reality show winners to various success stories and each time I listen to their stories, I am moved so deeply... The latest on my list is the Desert Flower, the true story of Waris Dirie. She escaped Somalia at the age of 13 and spent her adolescence
as a maid in Somalia's Embassy in London. A regime change forces her
onto the streets of London where she is soon discovered by a famous
fashion photographer. This scared, homeless runaway young girl evolves into a
glamorous runway superstar. While her beauty and courage open doors to
an exciting career, her life is even more transformed by her tenacity to
fight against the poverty and cultural traditions that had forced her
to run away from her home and family. Her work resulted in her being
named United Nations special ambassador for women's rights in Africa in
1997. How could anyone not moved by this story? How could anyone not cry or how could anyone not triggered to use their lives little bit more?
Each time I hear these stories and I watch the courage in them... the tears in my eyes, the rhythm in my heart and the energy in my soul takes over my life... Many times I have asked myself, should I allow these emotions, surge of energy take over my life or should I go back to reality? Than again, is there even anything called reality? If Waris Dirie gave in into reality, where would Desert Flower be today? Guess reality is only the limitation we set to our imagination...
I want these emotions, these surge or energy, the music in my heart... let it be something permanent in me... I want to keep them, I want keep running, run so fast and see what the end of the tunnel gonna look like... what my story gonna look like....
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