fracas

Out there, are bloggers who will steal your work. Out there are bloggers who, after deciding that your blog is exactly what they wish their blog was, will try copy the ideas you have, the way you present those ideas, and anything else they can get their grubby little hands on.

And they will fail, because they are not you.

Watching pop culture this past week has caused somewhat of a fraccy revelation that I want to share with those of you who seek to make your dreams come true.

I will explain.

I, like many others viewers of Dancing With the Stars, had taken to cheering for Cristián de la Fuente. I hadn’t thought I cared much about this season, but the night he injured his arm somehow got my attention. It amazed me that he continued to compete, and as he performed the two weeks afterward, I was impressed at what he was able to do with only one good arm, as compared to the rest of the competitors who had full use of both of theirs. Truly, I found his performances every bit as captivating as anything done by anyone else.

And so I began to root for him.

When he was eliminated at third place, I was sad and didn’t really even think the rest of the show was worth watching. I decided to check out a little more of what he was about and who he really was. I learned that he hadn’t set out to be a celebrity, an actor, or a dancer. In fact, he had a very different life happening at one point. I found his MySpace page, and on it… words from him that I know I will remember all my life.

You should too.

He said:

“Funny thing is, while I was living this life – the life I thought I was supposed to live – I discovered that, sometimes, your dreams are so powerful, the world conspires to make them come true.”

And then, one night later, I watched the American Idol finale. I, like many others, had favoured David Cook for his refusal to be anything but himself, for being honest and not trying to turn himself into something that would get more votes, for performing songs because he wanted to perform them and not just choosing ones that would get votes… and for just being David regardless of the outcome. In spite of the list of positive reasons to hope for David Cook to win, I had still expected little David Archuleta, groomed for years to be the 2008 answer to Donny Osmond, to win.

Last night though, for David Cook… the world conspired to make his dreams come true.

Which brings me back to your blog (or your business, your family) and how you too, can make your dreams come true.

Cristián de la Fuente was busy being himself… and the world conspired to make his dreams come true. David Cook was busy being himself… and the world conspired to make his dreams come true. So if you want your dreams to come true, ask yourself who you really are; ask yourself what really makes you happy, what things you’ve done, written, performed or dreamed, that make you feel like you.

Do those things.

Don’t write what someone else is good at, don’t try be someone else. Be you, because if you get busy being yourself, and I do mean really being yourself…

…the world will conspire to make your dreams come true!

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[Perhaps this post isn't all that funny, but I would love it if the world would conspire to help me get to #1 at Humor-Blogs. All you have to do is click here to help!]

And a very fraccy thank you to Cristián de la Fuente, someone I am sure I will never meet, but whose words I will remember and quote long after no one ever remembers what MySpace or Dancing With the Stars ever was.

[Dancing With the Stars - ABC/Kelsey McNeal Image Source]
[David Archuleta/David Cook Image Source]