In making our decisions, we must use the brains that God has given us. But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.
People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.
The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated. Kids turn up unrehearsed, wearing the wrong clothes, singing out of tune and you can either say, "Good job" and patronize them or tell them the truth, and sometimes the truth is perceived as mean.
My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.
Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.
It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.
If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.
I grew up with boys of all kinds - I have two brothers, and I was in a bagpipe band for several years.
You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.
A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security - that connects options in a more or less ordered pattern. (. . . ) [T]he selection or creation of lifestyles is influenced by group pressures and the visibility of role models, as well as by socioeconomic circumstances.
I believe when we are in the Lord's will and following Christ, we are His responsibility, and He will look after us. Until He has accomplished His purpose through us, nothing can touch us without His permission - we're 'bullet-proof', so to speak.