Day 21: Sweet Reminders

I like it when I get little reminders that there is great goodness in our world. And, those reminders can be little. Tomorrow, Heather and I are both using a music video from the DVD/CD Songs around the World: Playing for Change in our classroom. To begin a discussion of purpose and theme, we will have our kids watch the video for "Stand by Me" and then discuss its purpose. The video includes different musicians, dancers, and citizens from all over the world performing the classic tune by Ben E. King. If you aren't familiar with the Playing for Change project check it out at http://www.playingforchange.com/ .

Back to my little reminder. This morning, as we moved into our first downdog, the instructor turned on the stereo and out came the opening lines to "Stand by Me" from the same CD. One of the other students had brought it to class to try out as background music. It's not the traditional music selection for yoga, but it made me smile. It made me happy. And it me remember that the number of people in this world trying to do good must be larger than the number trying to tear it down. I truly believe this.