tearful

ok, if you haven't watched the most recent episode of Glee, then don't read this post! I don't want to ruin it for you!

Alright.

The name of the episode is called "Dream On" and Doogie Howser is a guest star (ok I know that's not his real name, but it IS Doogie)... and he is threatening to cut the Glee club. He tells all the students to write their biggest dream on a piece of paper, and then he tells them that their dreams are worthless, and never going to happen. Sad right?

Well, Artie, who is in a wheelchair wrote down that his biggest dream was to be a dancer. Tina decides to help make that dream come true, and says that there's been some research done that might be able to help his condition.

While at the mall, Tina leaves Artie to go upstairs to get a pretzel. Artie actually gets up out of his wheelchair, starts walking and dancing! They do this amazing dance routine in the mall, and seriously, Artie has some wicked dance skills. Come to find out, he's only daydreaming.

Now, I totally understand that Artie is NOT (in real life) confined to a wheelchair at all. Hence the dancing in the show. BUT, he is such an amazing actor that I totally believed his condition was real, and I could see the pain in his face when he realized that he'll probably never become a dancer.

I started crying. Hard. (so pathetic)

Travis very sweetly turned to me and asked me why I was crying. Through sobs and intakes of air, I said, "I'm just so sad for Artie. He wants to be a dancer, and he can't! But he has such an amazing attitude, he's totally ok with it! And here I am, complaining that I can't be the best at everything I do, and he's just grateful that he can sing and play his guitar! Why am I so self centered? I want so many things, and I forget that I am so fortunate to be able to even WALK!!"

By this time I was really sobbing hard! All because of a TV SHOW!!!!!

At this point, I was trying to maintain some composure, and then Rachel sings an AMAZING duet with Miss Corcoran (who was Elphaba in WICKED!). Then I started crying even harder! Man I am a sucker for sentimental shows with amazing talent.

There's no telling where I'll have an incredible insight for myself. It could be while watching Glee, or driving in my car on the way home, or sitting in church, or even here at work. All I can say is, WOW. I was really humbled this week by Glee. Great episode. Who knew it would affect me the way it did!!