I love that it takes so many people to work together to play a song, unlike the piano, which can be played alone. Don’t get me wrong, I love that I can sit down at the piano and play when I am happy or sad or excited or mad and do something constructive with my anger or express my joy or sorrow.

But, there is more to this blog than just talking about the beautiful team of music of hand bells. There is a message here somewhere, it may not be easy to find, so here goes: Don’t wait to do the things you want to do, do them now. Otherwise, you may end up a grandmother and not know how to play hand bells. There is no better time.

We feel so busy. Life has many things that keep our time occupied. Learning is something we need to continue to do for a lifetime. Learning keeps our brain active and can slow the progression of degenerative diseases. Learning keeps life exciting. We can share our love of learning with our family and friends. We can take classes together (our family took a sign language class together recently). Our goals may have to change, but learning is always is important.

Because of illness, my hands don’t work as they once did. I do not have the strength or the coordination to play the hand bells (there may be some who would question that I ever had the coordination). Learning, however, is an important aspect of my life. I am learning to write blogs and write courses and I am learning to be consistently learning. I even toy with the idea of going back to school. My Aunt Gwen went back to school and earned her degree after all her children were raised. Perhaps, when my youngest goes away to college, I will go back to college too. Who knows?

What have you learned today? And what will you learn tomorrow?