The year was 2004. A good friend and I were newly minted music obsessed teenagers. One of our favorite weekend haunts was an old mall that had a “Worldspace” store.
Worldspace is a now defunct satellite radio company. I think they sold subscriptions back then. The best part about their store was the presence of a collection of nice headphones which gave you access to Worldspace and popular music.
Green Day had just released American Idiot and it’s hit “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” I vividly remember how often we went to the Worldspace store to just try our luck and see if we could listen to it. We couldn’t afford buying CDs – so this was our way.
And I remember so many wonderful moments when we put on those headphones at just the right moment and enjoyed the song.
It was a simple but wonderful pleasure at a time when we couldn’t afford much.
It is easy to take what we have in life for granted. On days when I sense myself taking things for granted, I remember moments like those at the Worldspace store.
If you had told me then that I’d have no problem affording music and that I’d always walk around with headphones and all my music in the pocket, I would have thought you were joking.
Dreams do come true. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
