While driving in to work today, I caught most of a song I have not heard in many years..."When I was Young," by Eric Burdon and the Animals. Burdon's haunting voice accentuates the message of how life changes as we age and not always for the better. We become jaded, sometimes enjoying what we call the "little things" less and less. Even though I caught most of the song while it was being played, I was moved enough to pull it up on YouTube Music once I got to work. Burdon's voice boomed throughout my dimly lit, empty classroom via a Bluetooth speaker. It was soothing in a melancholy way, bits and pieces, tiny vignettes of memories flitted about in my mind's eye. So much so, I paused setting up my classroom for the day and replayed the song sitting quietly at my desk. As the song ended and the memories once again faded into the recesses of my past I realized something I often forget, one must never lose sight of those "little things" in life and take time to smile at what we once did as children.
Songs such as this are why I love listening to Little Steven's Underground Garage on SiriusXM.
