I’d Like To Teach
The World To Sing – The Seekers
It’s nineteen
seventy something and I am holed up in my bedroom listening to my new Lynyrd
Skynyrd Album on my stereo. The thirteen
minute guitar solo was starting to crank up.
I in turn cranked up the volume on my stereo.
“Turn that crap
down!” my Dad yells from the living room.
Apparently I didn’t have the volume up high enough because I could still
hear him over the fine riffs as I beat my fists against my headboard.
The bounding on my
locked bedroom door let me know he was serious so I obliged and lowered the
volume. When I finally came out of my
room for dinner, the third degree from my Dad started.
“Why do have to
listen to that noise so loud?” he quizzed.
“What is it about that song gets you so riled up?” Dad continued.
“I don’t know
Dad.” I try to explain. “It
just connects with me.” “I
can’t be the only one, they are selling millions of records and this is one of
their biggest hits.” I mumble as Dad give me a confused look.
I didn’t realize it
then but now I realize now that the band had connected with millions of people
with one song.
With one song that
was recorded in a sound studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama touched and influenced
millions of people. Founded in
Jacksonville, Florida in 1964 the band continues to survive. Performing and producing new music.
Imagine the power of
that statement. One song touching
millions of people.
As I continue to
post my Grit fitness routines, I can only hope that perhaps I can inspire just
one person to make diet and fitness a part of their life.
My hope is that
those, like me, want to be a vital participant in the lives of their children,
grandchildren and beyond. People that
want to enjoy the post fifty-year-old life and all it has to offer. People that want to be fit enough to dance
with their spouse, dance at the wedding of their children and
grandchildren. People that want to
travel and be able to enjoy all this world has to show us. People that know there is time to be the best
they can be now.
I continue to write and hope to inspire. Some days I hit the mark. Some days not so much. I continue to practice, not to perfect but to improve.
