I can’t remember who first sent me this. Just that it came in an email and made me feel good. So good, in fact, I played it again twice more before saving it for a rainy day.
It’s a flashmob performance of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, staged and filmed in the main square of Sabadell, Spain, to look as if it were spontaneous. But you don’t really need to know that. Just think of it as a booster shot of happy.
I ran it here nearly a year ago, when this blog was new and had two dozen viewers. (It got three likes!) So a few of you have seen it. But very few. Now that for most of us the leaves are falling, winter’s chill is in the early morning air, and we’re setting our clocks back this Sunday to conserve what little light seems left in the world — it may be time to run it again. After nearly two hundred years, it’s still a heartwarming infusion of pure joy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=GBaHPND2QJg&feature=youtu.be
ON BEING OLD 
Truly inspiring.
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Thank you, Kate. I’m so glad you agree.
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I hope to get caught in one of these one day.
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A beautiful composition. I like the flash mob idea.
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There are many flashmob performances on Youtube, but this one is the best I’ve ever seen. If you’d like to hear more of this “beautiful composition,” it was taken from the Fourth Movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. No flashmob to watch, but you can just close your eyes and listen.
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Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed it so much.
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You’re so welcome, Linda. And — like me — you can enjoy it over and over again. Just save the link on your computer. 🙂
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I did. Thanks. Makes more feel good!
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Thank you Nina! I really needed to see this again 🙂 TGIF 🙂
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Ah, Takami. One of my three original “likes!” You’re very welcome. 😀
(P.S. I hesitate to ask, but will anyway. Are Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays really so bad?)
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😀 😀 😀
The other weekdays are not so bad. But I like Fridays because I know it’s OK to sleep in a little 😀
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Not sure why it’s okay to come in to work a little late on Friday, but if you say it’s so…it must be so!
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I’d like to be part of a flash mob one day. Not sure how that’s going to happen since I’m rarely near crowds, but hey, thanks to YouTube and posters like you, I get to enJOY the results! Thanks, Nina. 🙂
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I think the director has to pick you for your photogenic qualities. Or — you have to be able to sing. But yes, now we have virtual realities like this one, bringing enJOYment to us all. You’re most welcome, Maggie.
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oops, I meant to say, I would like to witness a flash mob, not actually mob flashily. Heh. 😉
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Be in the right place at the right time? Can’t help you there. Heh yourself. 🙂
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