Inner Light

My wife was going through some of our music files the other night -- hold it ... music files? That just seems so wrong to say, "music files." Albums, tapes, CDs, okay, but files?? A pox on the digital age and what it has done to our vernacular ... but I seriously digress. What was I saying? Oh yes.

She picked out a piece that from the first bar, washed away every anxious thought from my being, transporting me to a place that only music can take me.

The piece is often referred to as the "Theme from The Inner Light", perhaps the best episode of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series.

Close your eyes, and just listen.


Some days, I miss playing so much it hurts.