Turn up the music......

I had some time to kill before setting out on my morning run today. While sitting in the bus, I was fiddling with the radio when I cam across a local college radio station.
The music they were playing was fun and uplifting so I decided to leave it on as I went about picking up my passengers.
Normally I drive in silence, concentrating on the task at hand.
The addition of music to the trip seemed to lift everyone's spirits on the bus.The whole experience served as a reminder to me as to just how integral a part of my life music is.
Each song seemed to carry me to another place and often another time.I could see that it had a similar effect on those around me.It's almost as if these melodies are the background orchestration to the movie of my life.
Unlike anything else, music seems to set the tone and color of my world.
Like exercise and eating healthy, I often forget how important the addition f music is to my life.
It elicits happy memories,it energizes me as I go about my daily routine and it reminds me of memories, some happy some sad, that made me the person I am today. I hear a song, my mind sees a face. A tune comes up and I am transported to some time in my past when I also heard that song.
The more I listen, the more vibrant my memories become and the more engaged I am.
Every now and then I find myself turning up the volume , making it easier for the music to become part of me. 
Eventually I find myself humming along or even singing some of the words. Before long, that certain song that really hits home comes on and I am crooning at the top of my lungs without a care in the world as to who may be listening.
Music is an amazing wand wonderful part of my world. It seems silly how often I go without it. 
Tonight Susan and I will drive out to Scranton PA to hear the debut of an orchestral arrangement composed by a friend of mine. He originally wrote the piece for trumpet and piano to perform at his senior recital some 41 years ago.
Tonight, over 4 decades later, his dream of turning it into a full orchestration will come to life. I was honored to be there 41 years ago and I am ecstatic to have the opportunity to be there tonight.
Something about the music......
It just makes life better!
Shabbat Shalom!