I’ve been kind of a “curmudgeon” lately.

I think it is because I am getting older. Could also be the holiday food binge I’ve been on.

But I mean like older in the sense that I find myself saying things like:

I remember when that road was gravel.

I remember when I use to have to get up and actually change the channel on the TV. Which BTW had 3 main stations.

I remember when, oh wait I can’t remember what I was going to say…

It’s crazy to think how fast time goes.

And then there is always the question of, “Was it better back in the day?”

Every generation asks themselves this question.

I have been thinking about that lately. Especially when I think about how technology has (in some ways) isolated us as well as connect us.

We may have 300 friends on Flakebook, but only communicate with them through our computer (all alone) at our kitchen table.

Is that community? I don’t know.

Maybe if we reconnect or something with someone we haven’t talked to in a while.

What I do know is that if we aren’t careful we are going to lose all reason to actually go outside and run into REAL people.

I saw just last night that Amazon is starting a home grocery delivery service.

Great. Super convenient, yet another way to avoid human contact.
Was it better when it was worse?

Was it better when you knew all your neighbors, when you were called by name at the hardware store. When you missed church, somebody noticed and drop a note in the mail?

Was it better? Heck, I don’t know.

But it sure feels like it sometimes.

But it’s probably because I am just an old curmudgeon.

What I do know is, music, brings people together. You start playing songs and people come running to the piano and start singing, smiling, and losing time in the musical moment.

So lets start creating those moments.

Invite some people over and then drag them over to the piano to sing along with some cheesy songs that makes everyone smile.

And if you don’t know how to do that.

I will show you right here, quicker than you could possibly imagine:

www.pianofool.com/pianoprogram

Here to Serve,

Tim (PianoFool)