What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

What song do you wish you had written?

Happy Birthday? Bohemian Rhapsody?

Lyrics is where my brain focuses, which takes me to Cohen, Garvey, McCartney, Swift, Bush…

But meaning matters and this song is such a gentle exploration of how beautiful life is if we pause and look around, literally stop and smell the flowers.

There is so much negativity and badness pushed at us through mainstream and social media, it’s nice to be reminded of how lucky we are and how such simple pleasures are right there if we look for them.

“What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong

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