Taylor Hicks and the Big Bang Theory

BigbangMore on Taylor…I
was thinking about how much his life is about to change. The attention, the
money, the music contracts, the friends and family (that he never knew existed)
starting to come around looking for a piece of him, the jets and the
limos…forget about it. His life is on a completely different track than it once
was. He has been catapulted to another time and place. His dreams a music
career have come true.

The Big Bang happened to Taylor. Of course we all dream of the Big
Bang happening in our lives. We long for the day when that one phone call or
email or conversation will change everything. We were just minding our own
business, shopping for a loaf of bread and a famous movie producer grabs us and
says, “Kid, I’m gonna make you a star!”

Or maybe someone from Company X will see all the great work
you’ve been doing for Company Y and say, “I can tell those baffoons over there
at Company X don’t know what they have in you! I want to give you twice the
salary to come to work for me!!” Or maybe someone will read the things you’ve
written and they’ll be so moved that they will say, “YOU are the one that can
speak to this generation! I want to publish your (oh sorry, I was getting into
my own issues there for a minute). If you are honest with yourself…you’ve
bought into the Big Bang Theory yourself. You are waiting for that phone call.

But usually, in most cases, there is no Big Bang. It may
look like it on the outside but what we don’t see are all the small steps of
obedience that it took to get to the place where the bang occurred. We don’t
see the blood, sweat and tears it took to get to that place.

How long did George Clooney have to toil in obscurity before
his Big Bang happened along? How many companies did Jack Welch or Lee Iococca
see fail before they found success. What about Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? What did they endure before the world bought into their ideas? “Overnight Success” is rarely overnight. There is almost always a
ton of work and practice and failure that has to happen before the Big Bang
ever bangs.

What about Taylor?
Sure he’s made it. But did the Big Bang really happen to him? I wonder how many hours growing up did he spend practicing? How
many dives did he perform in? How many disappointments did he have to weather
to even be at a place where he could survive the American Idol meat grinder?
His journey to becoming an Idol didn’t just start a few months ago.

Life simply isn’t about the Big Bang. It’s about the “every
dayness” of life. Doing your best, working hard, raising your kids, being
honest and truthful, sowing the tiny seeds of success, the small steps of obedience.
Those who are waiting for the Big Bang have allowed themselves to be deceived.
But more than that…they’ve allowed the enemy to steal their “todays.” The one
commodity you can never get back.

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