Changed for the Better

Wicked has been out "forever". However,  I just recently saw it for the first time, with my daughters, in New York City.  I read the book years ago and liked it but I LOVED the Broadway Musical. In particular the song, "For Good" struck a note with me:

I'm limited.
Just look at me - I'm limited,
And just look at you -
You can do all I couldn't do,
So now it's up to you
For both of us
Now it's up to you.

 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?

Because I knew you,

I've been changed for good. 

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...

Who can say if I've been

Changed for the better?

I do believe I have been

Changed for the better

Because I knew you

I've been changed for good.
                                                         For Good - Wicked

 My Best Friends - Thanks for Changing Me

My children have enriched and blessed my life and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be their mother. I didn't realize I would love them so very much; they are in my every thought and prayer. Because of their goodness, I try harder to become a better person.

 Children have helped me see the world differently - they teach patience, virtue, love, faith, sacrifice, gratitude - every good thing. 

 Certainly, they are my most prized possessions - my jewels and my crown. 

 Each day, I continue to learn from them and as they go out into the world, I hope they will always remember they have a mother who is so proud and loves them so very much. 

"I have been changed for the better, I've been changed for good."