The Power of Music

This video touched me. Elderly patients in a nursing home, who seemingly have withdrawn into quiet, private places in their minds, are treated to music from their era. Henry, the focal point of this video, will steal your heart with his reaction. To see his eyes light up and grow so big....to hear him recite the lyrics to his favorite song from long ago. Music is truly a gift to us all. I especially admire those who are able to write it, to sing it, and to manipulate the right keys and strings to produce the sounds that have the power to stir us into a frenzy of emotion. Of all the songs I've loved during my lifetime, I wonder which one will give me the reaction Henry had. Will it be Donny Hathaway's cover of 'Yesterday'? Mary J Blige's 'Real Love'? Simply Red's 'Holding Back the Years'? Sheila E's 'Glamarous Life'? My god, which will it be?