From the mouths of babes...or at least their music

Rubber Ducky, you're the one. You make bath time lots of fun...

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood...

The real American hero!

It was fascinating to hear all of the wonderful responses on music from childhood that really resonated with many of you. I wanted to take a minute and dig a little deeper, and take a more detailed look at one of my favorites, sung by our favorite frog, Kermey.  I am not entirely sure why "Rainbow Connection" always moves me, sometimes, admittedly, to tears. Although I think it is the incredible message about dreaming. Whether you are 5 years old, 35,  55, or 105. How can we live without dreams?

In a time when things can be dark, and things can be scary, we seek hope. We look for that idea of a "happy ending', "an aspiration", a "dream", whatever that may mean to us. While the song is simple, the message is profound, even when sung by a froggy, playing the banjo while sitting on a log.

My favorite stanza is as follows:

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered,when wished on the morning star?

Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it, and look what it's done so far...

Above all else, hope prevails. It must be true, a green Muppet told me so!

Rainbow Connection

You're getting smarter, stronger, kinder....

It's funny, prior to the birth of my daughter, I hadn't thought about Sesame Street in probably 25 years. Sure, I remember spending many sleepless nights (sometimes even in July) count, count, counting the days until Christmas(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgVPn2RSko), and could certainly name all (the original) of the characters by heart, but I hadn't THOUGHT about the show. When offering B, my daughter, the option of what to watch, "Elmo" is always the choice - in fact, aside from "Momma", "Elmo" is the word she utters most frequently. To that end, I must admit that I've been especially taken with the message conveyed in the closing credits, for those of you that are unfamiliar, you can find it here: https://www.kidzsearch.com/kidztube/sesame-street-smarter-stronger-kinder-song-season-46-closing_d22af797a.html, that is remarkably simple, but so critical. Again, if you haven't seen it 400 times a day, here is the text:

"Come on and use your body and use your mind because you know you are growing all the time, you're getting smarter, stronger, kinder on Sesame Street."

It seems simple, but man, is there anything better to aspire to be than smarter, stronger, kinder every single day?

Are there other songs from your childhood or from shows for young people that really resonate with you?