What people find inspiring

In the special “Idol Gives Back,” in which corporations are matching dollars for votes to enable to show to help out with various noble causes, the contestants were supposed to sing an “inspirational song.” Melinda did a gospel song that contrasted the suffering in this world with the joy that is to come with our Father and His amazing grace,singing with a virtuosity and expressiveness that suggest a sincere faith. Blake, though, followed with John Lennon’s dreadful, morose, and nihilistic “Imagine.” (What is inspirational about “above us only sky”?) Lakisha sang “Believe,” which refers, as best as I could tell, to believing in one’s dreams and, ultimately, in oneself. (What’s inspiring about that?) Phil, we learn, has Oklahoma roots, so he sang what he described as Garth Brooks’ tribute to the Oklahoma City bombings. (The subject is inspiring, except the song itself is about how “the world will not change me.” It should! That’s not inspiring.)

PS: I voted! For the first time, I got through! For Melinda. I now feel like a good citizen of the popular culture.
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Baton Rouge, huh? So have you eaten at Prejean’s in Lafayette, our very favorite south LA restaurant??? I love the mall in Baton Rouge (a Yankee Candle outlet, woo hoo!). Chris used to work in Shreveport at Libbey Glass and would travel down there for work.

Looking forward to the squirrel story!
Love,
holly

It seems to me that most people just like to be moved to feeling, not to thinking.

Jordan… wow