Makes me Want to Dance

Best Years of Our Lives. That's always what they say about high school, isn't it? Sometimes, it sure doesn't feel like it. When we're so stressed we can barely function normally. When we bomb a test that's worth 10% of our grade. When the world comes crashing down around us, and there's nothing that we can do to stop it. Yeah, I think most of us have felt it.

But today, with my iPod on shuffle mode, Best Years of Our Lives by the Baha Men came on. Man, that song brought back memories. I think the first time I heard it was during our 6th grade Spring Sing when the 7th and 8th grade harmonics group sang it (definitely a pleasant contrast to Hey Jude and the collection of Les Miserables song our grade was forced to sing.)

I wasn't even aware that I still had that song on my iTunes. But listening to it, I felt hopeful. Best years of our lives. Best years of our lives. And now I remember why they say high school is the best years of our lives. When else during your life are you young enough that everything (new romance, specifically. At least that's what the song is about) is so exciting that you literally want to get up and dance? And yet you are old enough to appreciate the significance, and you know that you should treasure it and enjoy what's happening while it's happening.

Keep listening.

"I get such a thrill when I look in your eyes. My heart skips a beat, oh I feel so alive."
--Best Years of Our Lives