Glee

I have heard of the famous TV show "Glee". However, I have never watched it or heard it. Despite never having watched the show or heard the Glee cast perform, that did not stop me forming the opinion that I did not like the show nor would I. Same going for their singing: I had already made up my mind that I did not like nor would I. On an evening road trip last night, my best friend started talking about how great the show was and the casts performances as well. He said that he was one who judged too...while he had heard their performances and enjoyed them, he did not anticipate he would ever enjoy watching the show. Now, he is a big Glee fan and watches the show. Out of respect for my best friend, I listened to him prattle on about Glee as we made the journey home from our brief road trip to Magnolia, IL. So excited to share even more about his enjoyment of Glee, my best friend excitedly proceeds to pull out a Glee cd from the inner car console. I inwardly groaned, knowing full well what this meant: listening to the entire cd on the ride home. Quite honestly, I had been enjoying the quite still ride back to Peoria. My best friend and I are have a lot going on so it's quite rare that we get that much alone/down time to catch up and chat. So, when he produced the Glee cd to listen to, I immediately was down hearted thinking that we would be unable to talk, chat and catch up on the car ride home. However, as we progressed home, the Glee cd we listened to was actually quite good. I was surprised, finding myself singing along. It was a beautiful evening: full moon, stars out. Somewhere in the still of that night, as we passed thru the rural country side looking at the Christmas lights as we drove along the open road with the moon stars overhead and Glee cd playing in the background, my best friend and I continued to talk. It occurred to me that we were bonding, memories being made. I also was humbled as somehow I took an important lesson from that experience: to not judge a book by it's cover. Life never ceases to amaze me...how in something so simple as a car ride home with beautiful scenery, good company and the open road that a person can take a lesson from that and be reminded of something they always knew but perhaps needed reminded of.