By now, I’m sure many of you have hear of 47-year-old Susan Boyle, the Generation Jones, or Baby Boomer member who blew away the notoriously cranky Simon Cowell and the other judges on the TV show Britain’s Got Talent with her performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables.

If not, grab a Kleenex, have a seat and watch.

While Susan is certainly not a senior citizen, it’s obvious that before she sang, she was being judged on not only her looks, but her age. As I’ve said before, I enjoy stories about people doing things that they are thought too old to do, like college basketball player Ken Mink.

When Simon asked her age, he rolled his eyes when she said she was 47. So many of these talent and reality shows are based on the young and beautiful, it makes you wonder how regular people get a chance to shine, but I’m glad Susan did, and she showed us how it’s never too late to pursue your dreams.