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
Because I knew you
I have been changed for good
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with meLike 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

Because I knew you I have been changed for good!!!

This song is from a play that I long to see someday called, Wicked. This song basically says it all for me but tonight I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude that I feel like I need to share and as is indicated in my blog title "Carapy" writing about things is a form of therapy for me:) So tonight for my "Carrie therapy" I'm going to talk about how grateful I am... It has struck me lately how intimately involved the Lord is in each of our lives and how unaware we are, or at least, how unaware I have been of this. Every friend He has ever sent my way, each and every family member I have been given in my life, every person I have ever been remotely aquainted with has been a blessing to me. You all have taught me things I never could have learned on my own and you have loved me through times when I felt unlovable and indeed was probably hard to love:) But anyway, I just want to say thank you to all of you: my family who is perfect in our imperfections, silly, real, and precisely what I always need and to all my friends who make me feel important and add so much excitement, comfort, and meaning to my life. I love you all. Thank you for being handprints on my heart.