Usher (Usher Raymond IV) is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. He is pictured above. Anyone who is reading this blog posting will probably already know that Usher is a singer, songwriter, and dancer - even I knew that - but I had to look him up for some details.
Wikipedia tells me that Usher released a self-titled debut album in 1994, when he was only fifteen years old, and that he rose to fame in the late 1990s following the release of his second album, My Way, in 1997 (when he was eighteen). Usher headlined the Super Bowl last February, and, according to The Wall Street Journal, "Usher Doesn't Eat On Wednesdays."
Clicking this link will let you watch a video that will show off Usher's dancing, and his songwriting, and his singing. When Lane Florsheim, who interviewed Usher for The Journal, asked him for "one piece of advice that has been important to him," Usher provided the alphabetic listing that is copied out below.
"It's a bit long,"Usher admitted, but he claimed that Florsheim and her readers would "really enjoy it."
A: Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and bad habits.
B: Believe in yourself.
C: Consider things from every angle.
D: Don’t give up, don’t give in and don’t let a damn thing get you down.
E: Enjoy life today. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow will never come.
F: Family and friends are hidden treasures. Talk to them and enjoy their riches.
G: Give more than you plan to give every day.
H: Hang onto your dreams.
I: Ignore the bullshit.
J: Just do it.
K: Keep on trying. No matter how hard it may seem, it will always get easier.
L: Love yourself first, and most importantly, love God always.
M: Make it happen.
N: Never let them see you sweat.
O: Open your eyes, and see everything around you.
P: Practice makes perfect.
Q: Quitters never win, and winners never quit.
R: Read, learn, study about everything important in your life.
S: Stop procrastinating.
T: Take control of your own destiny.
U: Understand yourself first so that you can better understand others.
V: Visualize it.
W: Want it more than anything.
X: You’ve already made your spot on Earth. X marks it.
Y: You’re unique in God’s grace and no one can replace you.
Z: Zero in on your target and go forward.
I did enjoy this listing. Usher, by doing the alphabet, has given us a pretty good "piece of advice," indeed!
In fact, more than one piece, I'd say! Let's take it as a "Sunday Sermon!"
Foundation of Freedom
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