I Can't...

I can't...forget
but I can forgive.

I can't...go back
but I can move forward

I can't...stop the pain
but I can learn the lesson

I can't...stop hoping
but I can accept things as they are

I can't...stop you from talking
but I can listen to what you are not saying

I can't...save you
But I know who can.


These words came to me tonight as I sat reflecting on one particular situation in my life. As I wrote and then sat back and re-read it, I realized the words apply to several situations in my life, not just one. It was written for and about a friend that has hurt me by forgetting the one thing I require in a friendship is honesty. But if could easily be about my relationship with my husband or the hopes and fears I have for my child, or about a lot of the future scenarios yet to come in my life. It started out as a frustrated list of the "can'ts"of one situation and turned out to be a list of "cans" about a whole bunch of other ones. See, I told ya'll this blog was my therapy session everyday!! :-)

Hope it has somehow helped you today as well.

Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev