100 Years

Great songs truly captivate me sometimes. 

Ever since I received my first cassette tape back in the 80's, I've used music to calm myself down, to transition into a romantic or a sappy mood, and to motivate myself to tackle whatever task is looming in front of me, be it a sport, a challenge, or something for work. 

Today, as I spent Labor Day reading over 1000 pages of horribly-technical deposition testimony, I needed an uplifting song to keep my sanity in check.

So . . . I pulled an old tune out of the dusty library of cyberspace and listened to it about 30 times. 

It's Five For Fighting's "100 Years," which is an absolutely awesome song.

Unfortunately, the song didn't motivate me to work.

Instead, it caused my mind to drift away . . .

I thought about my grandmother, who died in May of this year.  (See blog entry).  "100 Years" has always reminded me of her, and how rich her life was . . . from start to finish, and I guess I haven't fully finished mourning her death yet.   

I let the soothing sounds of this hypnotic song take my thoughts away from the seven-inch-thick deposition binder gathering dust on my dining room table, and I wondered what she was doing . . . if she was watching me from somewhere.

If my grandmother was watching, she was probably wishing she could've made a divine appearance in my dining room to scold me for taking such a long break -- she certainly was a hard worker.

Anyway, I didn't have a big revelation in mind by introducing this song to you, but it's a very special one to me because it reminds me of my closest grandparent.

Hopefully, you'll love it as much as I do.

Comments

[abnitude]

its always been one of my fav songs and it makes me sentimental too. life does go by so fast and 100 years seems to sum it up so well. glad you featured it!

[Jay]

I absolutely love this song. It's kinda of a reminder to me that life flies by and you should try to be happy for your time here.

It's kinda hard since I'm a planner by nature but sometimes living in the moment can be great.