The Beatles and the New Power Generation!

(Apologies to Prince!)
New music release: The Spirit of the Times!

I'm really happy that the entire collection of Beatles music has been released. My hopes for this have to do with the spirit of the times in which the music came about. Much of the hope and the spirit of brotherhood that pervaded the times was bound up in the music.

We are living in times full of fear and mistrust. It's confusing to me. I meet so many people in a daily basis in my work and I experience them as friendly, ready and willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. A smile works wonders when meeting, that's all you really need. Last week a man stopped his car, ran up to the car in front and replaced a gas cap about to fall off. Another older lady stopped me as I was putting groceries in the side case of my Beemer and asked if she could take my cart and put it away for me. I'm constantly amazed at the kindness of so many.

Conversely I hear all around me the vitriol of many who are angry and fearful about the things that are happening in their lives and the economy and such. I don't really seem to run into much of that, but it's more that I hear it every where I turn All the media is full of it. I've heard it said that the media spreads fear and anxiety. I'm afraid that must be true. What I can't understand how we can be so taken in by all this. If we take a moment to look around we can see all these people who have all the same kinds of hopes and dreams we have. Were not all that different. I guess some of us are more prone to give in to our failings and the fear and tension around us. The unfortunate part is that there is so much acceptance and beauty around us. How can we be so caught up in all this.

So... I am hoping that more of the spirit, the fun and playfulness that we can approach life with will be a bit more apparent to people. We need it now more then ever.