在這個以財富衡量成功的年代,大概沒有什麽比一個普通人突然煥發出的巨大魅力更令人震驚的事了。Susan Boyle,一個生活在英國小鎮的47歲的獨身女人,張得普通得有點乏味,一輩子沒有男人找她約會,也沒有男人吻過她,她沒有正式工作,在教堂做義工,跟一隻貓生活在一起。就是這樣一個普通得無法再普通的英國大嬸,5天前,4月11日,在英國選秀節目Britain's Got Talent中,一鳴驚人,以天籟般的歌聲打動了全場,無數人聽了她的歌為之落淚。當她走上舞台的時候,一身邋遢的打扮毫不起眼。Simon Cowell是個出名刻薄的裁判,他一臉不屑地問Susan她的理想是什麽,Susan說她想成為Elaine Paige一樣的名歌手,Simon露出近乎鄙夷的神色。不料這位大嬸剛開口唱了第一句歌詞,全場驚呆,隨之歡呼和掌聲雷動,驚呼一個奇跡的誕生。
我是第二天早上才知道這個事的。在辦公室裏跟往常一樣打開電腦,看到CNN Headline News,標題就叫Never-kissed woman wows Cowell, became YouTube sensation. 隨即上YouTube便看到了長達7分鍾的錄像,內心的感受隻能用震撼來形容。且不說裁判和觀眾前後反應的巨大對比,這位英國大嬸的歌聲實在是動人。很有意思的是,她選的歌是歌劇Les Miserables裏麵的I Dreamed a Dream. 這支略顯悲愴的歌,不知道是不是這位生活在社會底層的大嬸的內心寫照。然而她把這首歌演繹得實在是太好了,怎麽聽著都象是個super star。
生活中,名車豪宅的事確實很刺激,吸引了我們很多眼光,隻是我們好像忽視了培養自己的內心世界,或者更多地關心對方的內心世界。我們是凡人,凡人的生活是點點滴滴的東西組成的。買輛Aston Martin是很爽,但替代不了美麗的心靈,真誠的關懷,和善良的人性在瞬間煥發出的耀眼光華。看到英國大嬸的成功一瞬,真的是在提醒我們,一個人的內涵才是最有力量的。在我們身邊的普通人中,也許就有那個我們一直在尋找的那個Mr/Miss Right呢,隻是...我們用了多少眼光在關注他/她的內涵?
在這裏把I Dreamed A Dream的歌詞列在下麵。不為別的,隻為歌詞裏那一點淡淡的對年少無知的時光的懷念:
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.