Well here’s the rest of the story about Ozzy’s good karma;
Ozzy was born with dyslexia and other learning problems.The unawareness to these problems at that time caused a brutal behavior from his teachers. As a teenager he left school at 15 and attended many jobs and even ended up in prison. However his life took a turn upon listening to the Beatles and he decided to become a singer. His life took another turn when he met guitarist Tony Iommi – who actually knew him and disliked him back from their mutual schooldays.Tony decided to give him a chance and so they formed a band that eventually became “Black Sabbath”- so Tony’s decision was the first major event.The second thing that changed his life was Fish and Chips.Their first gigs took place in pubs and bars .They started as a blues band called “Earth”. The sight of people eating during the show made Mr. Iommi angry and he simply turned the volume knob all the way up and cranked the amplifier so that the guitar sound was heavily distorted. The combination of unique guitar riffs and sound brought more audience And eventually stardom.
To make this story short-in 1978 he was fired from Black Sabbath and was into alcohol and drug abuse. He suffered from depression and thought that his career was over. Eventually his Spouse Sharon asked him what do you want to do with your life; what is the thing you love the most?
And he replied – to go on stage and perform and indeed this guy is a natural born entertainer. They decided to continue and promote his solo album with the late guitarist randy Rhodes and due to an incident during the launch of the album with the record company’s executives (and I’m not going to tell you about the incident because it’s disgusting…) He received amazing free PR. Now Mr. Osbourne knows that he should be grateful and during the show he made a tiny gesture that caught my attention – he always thank the audience between the songs Usually with such gestures as “I love you all and God bless you” but during a song he blessed the audience and raised his hands above his head held them together as if he was praying and said “thank you God” – what struck and as a matter of fact many of the people at the concert – and there were only 8000 – that he actually meant it –it was genuine ;Not just a gesture.
You look at him walking on stage a little bit shaking due to years of drug abuse and you realize that he doesn’t take this success for granted. As a matter of fact one of the things I do and use in many of my works is the idea of Karma and the law of cause and effect – how those tiny microscopic events and choices can change the course of your life. This sort of awareness brings you more and more control and understanding – you become the pilot in the middle of the storm. When you are not aware you will simply call the circumstances “faith”. Many of my models actually designed to bring this awareness and this sort of control:H ere a photo I took of one: It is called the Karma Pendant – the idea came from an amazing story and as a matter of fact I’m quite surprised that so many people bought it. It makes me happy to find out that people actually like the idea and the symbolism because I think that the idea behind this design is the key for awareness and success.
