Day 10 of my beautiful journey.

I am not much of a musical guy... I enjoy the occasional musical but it has to be pretty fantastic. But one of my favorites, I believe is one of the most misunderstood, and that is Don Quixote. I have the cd with all of the songs from the musical and every so often I will put it in and listen to it while I drive. What moves me about this musical is that although many people make fun of Don Quixote and in many ways the musical is designed to be humorous, Don Quixote himself probably understands the world better than most of us do. He sees beauty and potential where everyone else sees failure. Take his side kick for example, he would be classified as mentally handicapped at best, yet Don Quixote refuses to go anywhere without him. How about the woman that He falls in love with, shes the nastiest of nasty prostitutes named Aldonza, but not to Don Quixote, he only sees Dulcinea the most beautiful woman he's ever known. Still not convinced about the beauty here? Read the lyrics to his quest.

It is the mission of each true knight...

His duty... nay, his privilege!

To dream the impossible dream,

To fight the unbeatable foe,

To bear with unbearable sorrow

To run where the brave dare not go;

To right the unrightable wrong.

To love, pure and chaste, from afar,

To try, when your arms are too weary,

To reach the unreachable star!

This is my Quest to follow that star,

No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,

To fight for the right

Without question or pause,

To be willing to march into hell

For a heavenly cause!

And I know, if I'll only be true

To this glorious Quest,

That my heart will lie peaceful and calm

When I'm laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,

That one man, scorned and covered with scars,

Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,

To reach the unreachable stars!

Imagine if the rest of the world thought this way...