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That one song....

justin | 31 May, 2009 00:32

Perhaps everyone has that one song that helps you to make it through a certain rough time in life, that causes you to start feeling that no one knows what it is that you are going through. Some people or many people search for a piece of writing, a video blog on sites like youtube or even a song to say what they can't seem to put into words.

Whenever I am not putting my thoughts and feelings into lyrics, I am searching for that song that will say what I have tried so hate to say in thousands of words. One song that I have been playing over and over on my Ipod whenever I'm in the car or sitting at home is "What I Can Not Change," which is  co-written and recorded by LeAnn Rimes. Since the first day of hearing the lyrics of the song, I have related to it. 

I have tried so many time to change things that were out of my hands. Things in my past, things about people that are in my life, but I realize that there are only things about myself and my surroundings that I can change.

Like the lyrics of  "What I Can Not Change" say, I know what makes me comfortable / And I know what make me tick / And when I need to get my way / I know how to pour it on thick // Cream and sugar in my coffee / Right away when I awake / I face a day, and pray to God / I won't make the same mistakes // All the rest is out of my hands / I will learn to let go what I can not change / I will learn to forget what I can not change / I will learn to love what I can not change / But I will change, yeah I will change / Whatever I, whatever I can // Yeah I don't know my father / Or my mother well enough / Seems like every time we talk / We can't get passed the little stuff / Pain is self-inflicted / I know it's not good for my health / Yeah but it's easier to please the world / Then it is to please myself." 

Whenever I hear the lyrics, I begin to think about my relationship with my family, but my relationship with my parents in particular. I think about everything that I need to learn to let go of, things that I need to forget, and things that I need to learn to love, just of that I take move on and face every passing day.  Every once in a while a song comes along to help you to heal old widoms of the past and accepting things that you can not change. 

I have learned to let go of things of my past, and learned to try to forget about things that cause pain, and love whatever I can not change about my life, but it's an everyday challenge. 

Thank you, LeAnn and Darrell Brown for writing this song. 

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