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    These Things I’M Telling You: Little Stories, Big Meaning
    These Things I’M Telling You: Little Stories, Big Meaning
    These Things I’M Telling You: Little Stories, Big Meaning
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    These Things I’M Telling You: Little Stories, Big Meaning

    By Leigh McRae

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    Leigh McRae lives by a simple philosophy: we can learn much from the experiences of others. With the hope of encouraging others to reflect on their own lives and find the answers to lifes most complex questions, McRae offers a stimulating and heartfelt account of important moments and associated life lessons, inspired from his own personal experiences and those of the thousands of people he has met during his lifetime.



    McRae, who is an international voice teacher, performer, songwriter, and motivational coach, shares insightful and heartfelt reflections that shine a light on the beautiful mix of souls who make up our diverse world. From the vocalist who never gave up on her dream to McRaes own journey from amateur to professional to the neighbor who provided a moving example of unconditional love, McRae touches on common themes such as forgiveness, career choices, purpose, loss, and acceptance while offering perspective and wisdom intended to motivate others to embark on a journey of self-discovery and reflect on their own important life lessons.



    These Things Im Telling You is a collection of insightful true stories, reflections, and life lessons that provides inspiration to seek joy in daily life, find comfort in simple pleasures, and embrace all that life has to offer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press AU
    Release dateSep 9, 2014
    ISBN9781452525488
    These Things I’M Telling You: Little Stories, Big Meaning
    Author

    Leigh McRae

    Leigh McRae is a singer, actor, songwriter, vocal coach, and recording artist. His Vocal Mastery Program is now sold in more than fourteen countries. Leigh lives with his family in Sydney, Australia.

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      These Things I’M Telling You - Leigh McRae

      Copyright © 2014 Leigh McRae .

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Balboa Press

      A Division of Hay House

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.balboapress.com.au

      1 (877) 407-4847

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-2547-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-2548-8 (e)

      Balboa Press rev. date: 09/08/2014

      Contents

      Foreword

      A Self-Made Man

      Preface

      Be Brave, Be Courageous, Stay Beautiful

      Getting There

      The Man in the Shiny Shoes

      Never Give up Hope

      God Has Sprinkled Talents All Over the World

      And they are still falling

      Amateur to Professional

      The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step

      The Quiet Acceptance of What Is

      Forgiveness is the gift you give yourself

      A Teacher Affects Eternity

      And never knows where that influence will end

      Where There’s a Will

      There’s a Relative

      "There You Go; Now, You Would Kill for Her

      To Love Another Person Is to See the Face of God

      Love Thy Neighbour

      The Fullness of Time

      It’s Okay to Not Know

      Let It Be

      There’s My Hand, There’s My Heart

      I Can’t Wait to Open My Eyes and See Jesus

      About the Author

      Also by Leigh McRae

      Vocal Mastery

      A Complete Program for Training Your Voice

      www.vocalmastery.com

      For Kylie, Iesha, and Jye … my life

      Like father to son, you learn to carry on …

      If you want to be a grocer, a general, a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know, you will never become anything, and that is your reward.

      —Oscar Wilde

      Foreword

      A Self-Made Man

      It is often said of captains of industry or moguls of the business world who have amassed a huge financial empire that they were self-made. The phrase is used to tell us that without a huge family inheritance, they were able to build a fortune through their business. We can marvel from an outsider’s perspective at their achievements but may never know what sort of man or woman they are and what internal work they did to build themselves to this level.

      Leigh McRae is a self-made man in the truest sense of the phrase.

      He doesn’t own a trans-global empire, but every aspect of his life, business, and unique personality is a result of a constant pursuit of exploration, personal development, and self-expression.

      From an early age, he realised through harsh lessons that he would need to search for his own life teachers. He began to question blind obedience to religion and social conventions, and his journey led him to choose the life of a performing artist. Many of his contemporaries were content singing at the same old gigs and were happy to rest on their natural talent, but Leigh was driven and wanted to be the best singer he could be. He pursued his personal development as if his life depended on it, because for Leigh, it did.

      His pursuit of excellence led him to use his life’s savings to travel to America so he could develop his natural talent with the one of world’s greatest singing teachers. With only enough money for two lessons a week, Leigh asked humbly if he might be able to sit in on the sessions of others so that he may learn. Leigh’s journey was successful, and he began a lifetime love of performing and an appreciation of the craft of singing.

      The life of an artist is truly bipolar, filled with great highs and disappointing lows. To survive such intensity of emotions, artists must develop an inner strength to carry them through.

      Leigh has found many inspirational teachers, fellow journeyman, colourful characters, and a fair share of charlatans along his path; they both inspired and lightened his journey, especially during those times of intense self-doubt.

      Those who are lucky enough to count Leigh as a friend have spent many hours being regaled by these stories, sometimes hilarious, often serious, weird even, but always enlightening. As one of Leigh’s friends and colleagues, I am delighted that he has chosen to share his wonderful stories with you.

      These are the stories of life’s moments that have sustained Leigh along his journey and have become part of his inner dialog that continues to inspire him to seek the answer to life’s complexities.

      I know you will laugh and at times be moved and inspired, as I have been over the years.

      John L Simpson, producer

      Preface

      In today’s fast-moving instant social media frenzied information super highway, everyone is an expert, or so it seems. These days with just the push of a button, there it is, the answer to … who knows? What follows in these pages are my experiences in a number of incredibly unique circumstances. They are not researched or compiled from case studies or data, they are real life (in many cases my own) experiences and observations that I have in turn shared with the thousands of attendees to my workshops and in private consultation as an international voice teacher and coach. My philosophy is very simple. I believe and know that we learn from other people’s experiences, their stories, if you like. My fervent hope is that some of these stories that I have picked up along the way will encourage you to look at your own life, and by relating to the message contained within, you will find comfort, solace, and maybe even a little laugh here and there. This is a book with no beginning or end. I suggest that you read a chapter, any chapter, then put the book down and contemplate whatever thoughts come to mind. It is not my intention to tell anyone how to fix anything or live their life. My intention with these stories is to contact the internal knower of you, the reader. It is this internal friend who not only knows how to repair the hurts and disappointments of life, but in fact has always known.

      My sincerest love and affection.

      Leigh McRae

      Be Brave, Be Courageous, Stay Beautiful

      Getting There

      For more than twenty-five years, I have had the personal pleasure of working with many thousands of singers, dancers, actors, and performers. I have conducted workshops in many parts of the world, often with the use of an interpreter, and whilst we speak different languages, there is not a great deal of difference about us, no matter where we come from (certainly where music is involved). A great many of these singers and actors have made some measureable changes to their life and the lives of others. I get regular updates as to their progress, auditions, recordings, and so on. I am immensely proud of my involvement and equally more aware of what I might reasonably lay credit to in regard to their success. My reminder to myself on this is that if you are going to take credit for the good ones, then you pretty much have to take the blame for the bad ones as well. Not everyone responds the same to every bit of advice or teaching method. For those who have trusted me and applied the techniques and principles that I truly believed would benefit them, I am eternally grateful. To those I was not able to help, I made it my mission to assist them in finding someone who could. My teaching mentor, Seth Riggs, once said to me, You help singers get over their vocal problems and show them how to get on with their lives. Pretty brash statement really; I mean, it’s just singing, right? Not so, because to many, it is life itself …

      I tell my students on a regular basis to think about the following: If you are what you do, then who are you when you don’t do it? I first heard this when I attended a Wayne Dyer program, and it near knocked me off my feet. At the time, I was living with the belief that I was what I did, a singer and actor, and I was following it through to the nth degree. I believed that to not be truly immersed in my art was to not be truly committed, and that meant that my drive would wane. It was only years later when I finally learned that I could become more effective in just about every area of my life by breaking free of these obsessions.

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