Great Song

 Ok, so I was just listening to this song and had to listen to it a couple times to really pay attention to the lyrics.  It has really hit me today even though I've heard it before, I guess I really listened to what it was saying.  It's so true.  As I look back on my life, or even just the last year, there have been people who have changed my life.  Sometimes in general we do not realize the influence people have on us.  We learn and grow from so many different people and experiences.  Some of which are constant influences in our lives but also there are those which were short experiences and we may never see again.  That does not mean that they did not influence our lives though.  It's so great when we can recognize those wonderful blessings in our lives.  I guess we just have to hope and pray that we can be that influence "for good" in other's lives.  We never know the impact we can/do have on those around us even if we will not keep in touch with them and see them ever again.  We are blessed as we bless the lives of those around us.  It goes two ways.
(just click on the title to hear it, I love it! Here are most of the lyrics below)

"For Good"  

I've heard it said

That people come into our lives for a reason

Bringing something we must learn

And we are led

To those who help us most to grow

If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today

Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit

As it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you

I have been changed for good

It well may be

That we will never meet again

In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me

Is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me

Like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine

By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By a wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a skybird

In a distant wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you

I have been changed for good

And just to clear the air

I ask forgiveness

For the things I've done you blame me for

But then, I guess we know

There's blame to share

And none of it seems to matter anymore

Like a comet pulled from orbit

As it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By a wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

Who can say if I've been

Changed for the better?

I do believe I have been

Changed for the better

And because I knew you...

I have been changed for good...