I love to do my reading alone in my
automobile while I’m driving (at varying speeds) to carry out all the variety
of chores that make up the landscape of my life. It sounds like it could be
rather dangerous and distracting (like driving and texting), but it’s really
not.
Have you been entertained and educated with a
good audio book lately (through your car’s compact disc player)? They come in a
variety of formats. There’s so much more to it than a way for reading challenged
individuals to succeed. (See Read and
Listen)
If you’ve ever watched television, chances
are you have viewed one of investigative journalist’s Barbara Walter’s
insightful interviews with some well-known personality (whether it’s political,
inspirational, entertainment, or criminal in nature).
I’ve always wanted to know what made Barbara
(the person I view on TV) tick. Audition:
A Memoir by Barbara Walter’s (as masterfully vocalized by narrator,
Bernadette Dunne) is the longest audio venture I’ve ever attempted. I will soon
complete this wonderful twenty-one compact disc challenge (with four renewals
from my local library).
Barbara’s family life was molded by a risk
taking, creative father that ran night clubs, an older mentally-disabled
sister, and an assertive mother that tried desperately to keep the whole thing
together.
Throughout Barbara’s adult life her desire to
financially help the family (that gave her roots), affected her friendships,
the marriages (that failed), and the daughter she adopted (named “Jackie” after
her sister).Thanks to her drive, lots of hard work (and some luck) she has
become a superstar in the television industry, which has often been dominated
by men.
The title of this audio book is applicable
for both Barbara Walters and me. As a pioneer in the area of women in
television, Barbara has often felt that she’s needed to “audition” to prove her
competency in the area of interviewing others (or reporting the news).
Let me count the times that I have felt a
need to impress others (with all that I am capable of in all areas of my life).
My hope is that people will love me as I am, and appreciate my unique spin on
life.
How do you feel about how God has made you?
Psalms 139:14 (NLT) provides us with the correct godly viewpoint. “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it.”
There is no need to work (or audition) for
the love of your Heavenly Father. He wishes only wants you to appreciate all
the goodness He has done for you as your thankfulness to the Almighty (Romans
12:1-2).
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