I haven’t written in a while. Sometimes I can’t think of anything to write about, but more often than not, I think of so much to write about that I freeze and write nothing. In a concerted effort to keep myself from going on hiatus from my blog too often, I promised myself I’d write something…anything. I asked myself, “What’s simple and something that does nothing but make me smile?” An easy answer: Glee.
In the couple of years that Glee has been on the air, I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t like the show. Most people I meet are in fact Glee fanatics, whether they are closeted in their adoration or very flagrantly open about their love for the show and everything that makes it wonderful. But what makes us love Glee so much?
Just like determining the topic for this blog, for me the answer to this is simple: It’s about us. All of us. As kids. But singing. And dancing. And often times to the same songs we’d want to be singing and dancing to on our own. And that we probably actually do sing and dance to on our own in our apartments – or at least that I do.
I remember being in junior high glee club and chorus and the relief and joy we’d feel when we finally got a song right. Things were simple back then. We were just learning about love, but didn’t yet have the complexities of deeply involved relationships, and didn’t have to worry yet about what we wanted to be when we grew up. We didn’t have any overwhelming responsibilities, so singing and dancing at whim was acceptable.
Though we should all feel free to sing and dance wherever and whenever we want, the constraints of adulthood keep us from unleashing ourselves at times. Still, when we sit and watch Glee and all the absolutely lovable characters singing and dancing, it causes us to sit in a perpetual smile for the moments leading up to the show, during the show, and immediately following the show. The next time you want to sing or dance, wherever you are, just do it – even if just for a few seconds. The smile it will bring will be well worth it and everything will seem much simpler for those few moments.
