That’s all we could remember, but we kept humming ‘rain,
rain, go away, come again some other day’ straining to think of the rest. It was hours before that simple ditty stopped
dancing around in my brain.
You’ve had a similar experience. It’s probably how the saying “It’s on the tip
of my tongue” originated. You know the
answer will be there if you just think hard enough. Maybe this phenomenon all began when one of
our ancestors thought ‘now what is that sound?
What happens next?’ and was suddenly reminded, ‘oh, yes, it’s a bear
charging out of the woods!’ before running in the opposite direction.
Another guess is that this is a
universal occurrence, which is where I’m going in today’s musing. So much of the reported news is beyond
irritating and depressing. It’s
disappointing and even scary. But from Kim Jong Un to angry baseball players
to whiny leaders on both sides of the congressional aisle, we all get the
hiccups, have déjà vu moments, and get frustrated at those annoying melodies we
can’t get out of our heads.
We have more in common as human
beings than those ideologies that divide us.
Perhaps if we looked at those, concentrated on those, then office politics,
village dramas, and international skirmishes could tone down a notch. People might see and listen rather than be
blinded by perception. Some newscasters
might be put out of business instead of making us think we care about whose
baby bump is bigger and that Justin Bieber’s visit to Anne Frank’s house is
significant.
Oh, also under the category of ‘not
newsworthy’ is the fact that I remembered Peter, Paul, and Mary had an album that
featured “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring…” and the melody suddenly
came alive.
Wishing you a common annoying
human experience this week rather than bleak headlines,
Marilyn
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