When I first saw Susan Boyle, I thought, “Finally! Someone with real talent that looks like a ‘regular’ human being.....not overly made up, or anorexically thin, or bleached hair with extensions, or huge bosom implants!”
I hoped that no one would try to ‘transform’ her!
Just Playing
by Anita Wadley
When Im building in the block room,
Please dont say Im Just playing.
For, you see, Im learning as I play,
About balance, I may be an architect someday.
When Im getting all dressed up,
Setting the table, caring for the babies,
Dont get the idea Im Just Playing.
I may be a mother or a father someday.
When you see me up to my elbows in paint,
Or standing at an easel, or molding and shaping clay,
Please dont let me hear you say, He is Just Playing.
For, you see, Im learning as I play.
I just might be a teacher someday.
When you see me engrossed in a puzzle
Or some playing at my school,
Please dont feel the time is wasted in play.
For you see, Im learning as I play.
Im learning to solve problems and concentrate.
I may be in business someday.
When you see me cooking or tasting foods,
Please dont think that because I enjoy it, it is Just Play.
Im learning to follow directions and see the differences.
I may be a cook someday.
When you see me learning to skip, hop, run, and move my body,
Please dont say Im Just Playing.
For, you see, Im learning as I play.
Im learning how my body works.
I may be a doctor, nurse, or athlete someday.
When you ask me what Ive done at school today,
And I say, I just played.
Please dont misunderstand me.
For, you see, Im learning as I play.
Im learning to enjoy and be successful in my work.
Im preparing for tomorrow.
Today, I am a child and my work is play.
On Susan Boyle, from Hans Christen Anderson's story - The Ugly Duckling:
See, cried the youngest, there is a new one; and the rest were delighted, and ran to their father and mother,
dancing and clapping their hands, and shouting joyously,
There is another swan come; a new one has arrived.
Then they threw more bread and cake into the water, and said, The new one is the most beautiful of all;
he is so young and pretty. And the old swans bowed their heads before him.
Then he felt quite ashamed, and hid his head under his wing; for he did not know what to do,
he was so happy, and yet not at all proud.
He had been persecuted and despised for his ugliness, and now he heard them say he was the most beautiful of all the birds.
Even the elder-tree bent down its bows into the water before him, and the sun shone warm and bright.
Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart,
I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling.
The End
I so agree yorkie... we live in a phony society!! I love being real!
I agree, to an extent! Her makeover (hair, makeup and clothes) is wonderful, and it was sorely needed. But none of those things are extreme, and things that many women benefit from if they don’t have the natural knack for what looks good on them.