For Good

…I’ve heard it said,

That people come into our lives for a reason

Bringing something that 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 the 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’ve been changed for good.

It may well 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…..

These words are from the song For Good from the musical Wicked. Every time I hear this song I think of the dear people that I have loved and lost. I think about the love we shared. We each grew into our individual lives, yet the love between us was always there. We trusted each other, we supported each other when we needed support and we cherished one another’s dreams.

The lyrics help me to remember that each of the relationships I had, and now grieve for, were a gift. I grew and I changed because these people were in my life. I am grateful for the gift their lives were to me. I am grateful for what I have learned and how I have grown and changed because I was loved by them. 

In these gentle quiet winter days, I find solace in looking at my life, remembering all that was brought into my life by my loved ones, and giving thanks for the “handprint on my heart.”

May you enjoy this winter wonderland,

Domenica