Thoughts on Friends

I thought that these words were nice. I have not seen Wicked, so I am not sure the context of this. I'll download it on my iphone soon to hear. Then, Lilli can sing it in the car, after "Oliver" (Olifur is how she says it), Mamma Mia and Consider Yourself. It is right inline with her wanting to be a good witch for Halloween. I told her the bad witch was already taken.....watch out or I'll get you my pretty!

For many of us - people come and go for many reasons. There are those in which are considered friends and just sometimes go - and don't come back. Real friends, authentic friends are there forever - not just in the good times. And, real friends, just understand that sometimes we need to be on their side when it seems as if the whole world is against them. Trust me, there is a story here, but I don't think that writing it on my blog is the right thing to do. I want to be a real friend to this person. She had a hell of a week last week, and really took a thump to the noggin' in the local paper. So, being a friend is just that - listening and agreeing and not asking, and of course - the key - offering chocolate in many different forms that we can eat to make us feel better! That is a friend.

Another friend, who I have know since high school wrote me a note right at the right time. Amazing. She has such insight, and lets it fly. That is why I say that friends are there forever to me is Soul to Soul.

OK - enough - I have to write a paper about motivation (learning theory).
Wicked - For good Lyrics
Album: Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast)



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

(Glinda) 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?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) It well may 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
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
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you

(Glinda) Because I knew you

(Both) I have been changed for good

(Elphaba) And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for

(Glinda) But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

(Both) And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda) Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

(Elphaba) Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

(Both) Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

(Glinda) And because I knew you...

(Elphaba) Because I knew you...

(Both) Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.
Peace be with you and your friends today.