Many nights I wake up at about 2:30 am and find that I
cannot go back to sleep. Since the birth of our daughter it is as if my body
feels that 4 to 5 hours of sleep is adequate. Anyway, one such night last week,
after not being able to go back to sleep, I began scanning the television channels
to see if there was anything worth watching at that time of the night. I
stumbled across a talk show where they were featuring backup singers. What came
out of this program was that these people, do desire to be in the limelight but
they do not have the courage to and so it is those who possess this courage, are
the ones in the spotlight. These individuals are then forced to just be the
support while those who they assist shine. They featured about three sets of
backup singers who support a lot of big name artistes. Towards the end of the
show the host gave them their time in the spotlight and they were so good, you
wonder why they do not have their own recording contracts.
So it is in our daily lives, there are persons whose
shoulders we stand on, who allow us to be all that we can be. They, in their
small corner, make it their duty to do everything to ensure that we shine. The
rank and file workers in an organization who keep the organization operating at
its best, those friends who are always there to encourage us, to push us along.
The spouses who strive to bring out the best in each other, the teachers who
want to see every student in their class do well, the parents who deny
themselves just to ensure that their children have the best opportunities so
that they can at least live a little better life than they did.
What I find with me is that I am at my best when I am
working in the background. I will be honest and say that I do wish at times
that I could be in the spotlight and have tried on occasions but find that I do
not operate at my best there and so I have to be satisfied with others standing
on my shoulders to be the best that they can be. You might say I am cheating
myself, but I do see their success as mine too and that is adequate for me.
I would like therefore to use this space today to offer
my gratitude and to honour all the unsung heroes around us. Just know that the
spotlight would be overcrowded if all of us were jostling for a spot there.
No comments:
Post a Comment