Are you a judgemental person? Heard of Susan Boyle?

Posted by admin on April 17, 2009 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment

When was the last time you judged and were humbled at the outcome? For judges of Britain’s Got Talent show it was just this past week in front and along with an audience that most definitely were ready to toss the book, just by looking at its cover.

The name of the book, or singer in this case; Susan Boyle.

An astounding voice profused out of a lady that all had pre-judged quite severely, openly displaying on camera smurcks and eyes rolling. After taking care of her family her whole life, she is on her pursuit, with a golden voice in hand and a quirky and interestingly sassy uplifting attitude.

Her performance was so beautiful it had people wide eyed starting by Simon himself, if you have ever watched the program you know how abrasive he is with all the contestants. For Susan all he had were praises.

This video was uploaded to YouTube and since then Susan has received several offers, including interviews with Larry King and possibly Oprah. 

In the mesmerizing experience of hearing her voice, echoes a blatant manner in which we are so quick to judge. We all do it, and if you are thinking “I don’t” you are lieing to yourself!

We judge ourselves, our family, co-workers and yes, this lady that we had never seen before!

Why? Perhaps it’s the plank! What plank? The one that remains in our eyes as we dodge it and are quick to criticize and judge everyone and thing we see.

“You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.   Matthew 5:7”

Enjoy the music and take some time to focus on your own plank as you pick up your jaw with humbleness!

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Car Insurance Doubles if Lapsed!

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I couldn’t believe it either. A friend was in an accident and his car was totalled. He was not going to fix this car anytime soon, hence was not driving this or any other car and didn’t need insurance. When he called to cancel his insurance he was strongly advised not to do so!

“Keep the insurance” said the agent over the phone. Puzzled he questioned the agent, was transferred to several different people, several times over, only to hear the following answer. In the state of Texas if your car insurance lapses, when you go back to get insurance, from any company, it will increase substantially. The revolving door of agents on the phone suggested changing the policy to a “garaged car”, meaning you can have the minimum coverages on it. Yes, he had made it clear he was not going to drive the car! Enters another agent, this time from the sales side of the insurance company , suggesting a  “non owner named” policy. Huh? Well, it’s a policy that means you don’t have a car, so you are basically getting it so your insurance won’t lapse. Note that this one was more expensive than the policy on the actual car owned previously.

Still puzzled, I called my own insurance agent thinking “aha!” there will be a reasonable explanation for this.

Sad ending, there wasn’t. Same thing. Car insurance will increase if it lapses.

Without a car to drive, hopeful to get one soon, and utterly puzzled, he is still paying on the same insurance he had before. Only having eliminated a couple of lines, reduced the rate by 40%.

Only a piece of chocolate can combat this one!

Has this happened to you? Did you find something different? Share!!!