Really?  An internet video?  Yesterday’s episode tackled big topics like racism, homosexuality, religion, and politics, and today I’m offering wisdom from a YouTube video?  Yep.  That’s how I roll.
I have come to the conclusion that I am a sucker for those inspiration audition videos from The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and the like.  I don’t watch those shows.  I don’t really care for reality TV.  You may not watch them either, but you probably know the videos I’m talking about.  I’m talking about the video of Susan Boyle, who walked out on the stage of Britain's Got Talent a disheveled mess and walked off an internationally recognized name.  
I see these videos show up in my Facebook timeline from time to time with a comment from one of my friends that says something to the effect of, “Wow, this blew me away!”  I usually scoff and tell myself that I don’t have time to watch a silly audition video from a reality show...and then I click on it.  By the time the video is over my mouth is open in shock and eyes are welled up because of the moving story, dramatic music, and amazing performance.  Yep, I’m a sucker.
A few days ago another one of these videos showed up in my Facebook feed and I clicked on it.  The video was an audition of Alice Fredenham from Britain's Got Talent in 2013.  She walked on stage and approached the mic.  As she walked, she kept her arms close to her body with one arm clutching the rubbing the other.  It’s the type of thing we do when we’re scared or uncomfortable.  She approached the mic and you could hear the quiver in her voice.  The judges asked her how she was doing and she said she was scared.  Clearly she was. ...
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