Patty, Boyle’s ‘formal training’ was rehearsing for the pure love of voice! I remember the first time I sang the First Soprano lead in the Faure, it took me eons of pacing back and forth with ear muffs on to really hear my voice, and every breath while listening to the finest sopranos reaching that G above High C immediately. I did it! We all have/had our private mannerisms to prepare, and I feel as though I know what Boyle has done during her lovely life.

She should be so proud of her self, and her life. She’s given to others, first, and presented herself boldly, with courage - and won!

"They" may not be valued enough to get away with changing Ms. Boyle. The brillance is within her persona. Boyle is the real mark of a heroine.

I do believe that Simon keeps us watching by dumping out negative antics; that demeanor is a put on - he’s one smart man (I hope!).

She was unemployed on April 11th. Today, she has been on numerous AM shows, has a recording contract [with Simon Cowell’s company!] is going to sing at the opening of the Olympics, has an invitation from Oprah, and has been covered in most major papers, and blogs. On the snarky Perez Hilton blog one young man posted "I think I now love even her luxurious rolls of fat!"

She was belittled as a child due to a disability, and was slow in school. She took care of her mother for ten years before her death, and her mother encouraged her to audition for Britain’s Got Talent, a show her mother loved, because she knew her daughter would wine. Susan ONLY followed her life-long dream to have a professional singing career AFTER her mother’s death as a tribute to her.

There are a few important messages in this astonishing hit that I can see:

1) The obvious ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’. Obviously Ms. Boyle isn’t the usual glossy youth seen on audition stages.

2) It is the strenght of the EMOTIONAL reason that gets us to act on ‘impossible’ dreams.

3) She could not have really owned every syllable of that song…and she did, which is why her performance was so jaw-dropping, because it was AUTHENTIC.

For me have zero interest in people’s success when it comes at the expense of others…as in having an affair with a married man and then being given a platform when he dumps his wife and marries the mistress. I think most of us love to see the underdog win. That is what made Seabiscuit’s win over War Admiral the ‘Sporting Event of the 20th Century."

I LOVE this story! Now let us all be inspired to act on our [secret] dreams too.