I was telling my husband recently that I wonder from time to time, if circumstances were different, if I had had the breaks, the confidence and the tenacity it takes to "make it" in showbiz, would I have been happy. Today I can say that I don't think I would have been. In fact I'm thankful that God did not allow me to go down that road. With rare exceptions (American Idol winners perhaps) it is a long hard road to make it to the top of the show biz industry. What looks like such a wonderful and glamorous life is in reality what Solomon called a "chasing after the wind". Vanity Vanity all is vanity Solomon declares. I think young performers should study the life of Whitney so that they can learn what NOT to do. A full time professional singer, especially a woman, has a couple of decades (maybe three) to be on her game. Some female vocalists can stretch it out longer than that, but time will eventually take its toll on their range, their stamina and their looks. Let's face it, most people don't want to look at an old neck. Men can get away with it, but not women (i.e. the Frank Sinatras of the world, etc.)