Earth Wind and Fire – Music. Life. Joy.

This morning was about singing for Sunday service (which included a beautiful talk by our friend, Erin!).

I spent the afternoon absorbed in reading the memoir of Maurice White and learning more about his vision for founding one of my all-time favorite bands: Earth, Wind & Fire. Really inspiring stuff, which I’ll probably share more about in the future.

Finally I needed to spend some time on my Italian, which has become a priority since we’ll be going to Europe in April to visit Ramesha’s family after an absence of almost four years. I’m determined to be able actually to converse with my in-laws and our close friends, so I’m quite grateful to have discovered a wonderful program called Italiano Automatico, which I’m listening to every day.

So the next installment of how I continued to get to know Swami Kriyananda will have to wait until tomorrow.

I was scrolling through Facebook this morning, when a friend’s post reminded me that it was the 21st of September — time to boogie!

Of course, I remember this Earth, Wind & Fire song from when it was released back in 1978, but I’ve never really tuned into the fact that many people all around the world have been celebrating the 21st of September like a holiday ever since.

When I put it on this morning (with earbuds, of course) I felt instantly happy.

Then I listened to it again this afternoon and even danced around the room a bit (making up for the walk I didn’t feel up to taking).

Then I found various videos of people dancing to the song and decided this would be the focus of today’s blog post: how a simple pop song can embody so much joy that forty-four years later people are uplifted when they listen and/or dance to it.

This video from Japan is particularly fun. So much energy!

Tag: Earth Wind and Fire

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