It's Okay To Cry

From Pokemon, we learned that Drew made it to the final round in his first contest. When he got beat out...he cried. Drew. He's so together, so composed, confident. He was always a step ahead no matter how had May worked. When May heard that Drew had cried, it hit her hard although she didn't know it at the time. She went forth and battled her heart out and out of 270 contestants in the Grand Festival, she finished in the final 4. But getting so far and losing at the very end, it's a nightmare for anybody. When we work long and hard at anything we don't want to turn around and see ourselves as failing; as failures. May left the stage with the same grace, the same composure she always displayed. On leaving the building she found her brother and friends waiting for her, telling her how great she did. For the very first time, May broke down and cried.
Drew had always been the standard, he wasn't cold but he was controlled, precise. It never occured to us that he was anything other then a machine. Knowing he has weaknesses too makes it ok for us to accept our own weakness. May would have held it together forever. Her "Take the Stage" attitude would have kept a smile on her face, even when she didn't feel it. Knowing Drew cried made it ok for her to cry. I think it made it ok for all of us to cry.