Lessons learned

Lessons Learned - Carrie Underwood

There's some things that I regret,
Some words I wish had gone unsaid,
Some starts,
That had some bitter endings,
Been some bad times I've been through,
Damage I cannot undo,
Some things,
I wish I could do all all over again,
But it don't really matter,
Life gets that much harder,
It makes you that much stronger,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.

And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.

And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.

And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Lessons learned.

 I listened to this for the first time today -- it came on my Pandora site I was listening to.  Boy oh boy, did I listen to it.  The music brought me in, but the lyrics (posted above) kept me listening.

To often we look back at mistakes and do the what if.. scenario.  I used to do that.  After losing Sarah, I stopped.  I really came to a point in my life to really start appreciating all those things that had happened to me.  They are there for a reason.  Often we won't have any idea during that time and possibly not ever, but trust me we learn from it.  Whether we think we do or not.  And it's a beautiful thing -- change is constantly happening (both good and bad) and we grow through it.  Sometimes it takes us a few times for the same things happening over and over again, that we finally get the correct message and stop doing that behavior.

So for me, I am grateful, so grateful for everything that has happened to me.  I am blessed to have had these things in my life to help me grow.

Blessings out to all this week.. may you be blessed from your lessons learned...