MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE

I just finished watching last week's American Idol where they picked the Top 24. I know I'm a week behind and this time of year usually leaves me up late in my bed catching up on all my DVR'd shows. I don't even know the word that describes the feeling that I get as I watch episode after episode. These young VERY TALENTED kids aspire to do something BIG with their life. I'm in awe as I watch a policeman, a High School young girl, a Worship Leader, a personal trainer and the list goes on and on who want something so bad and have just a few shots to show they've got "it". They are normal people. Everyday folks. The girls and guys next door. They've got a snowball's chance in H-E-double hockey sticks to make it big and yet this is their shot. They've got no money, they've had a rough road or maybe an easy ride....regardless they've got DREAMS and for one person (actually a few as the show usually goes) those DREAMS will become reality. And for that I think the show is pretty cool!

I can feel their excitement as they jump like a maniac after they've made it through to the next round. I hold my breath when my favorites start to perform. My heart breaks when the news is given that the journey has ended. I sit in my recliner (or bed) and wonder how it would feel to be that talented and be that close. I have nothing to compare it to because I don't have dreams that big. I don't have talent that big either but regardless I'm living vicariously through them. It's fun!