Reasons

Reasons.

So you say your past has found you 
It don't want to let you go.
Come and walk with me awhile
there's something you should know.

You see him standing over there?
Do you recall you broke his heart?
The lesson that he learned
was to make a brand new start.

See the girl with freckles
you bullied her in school.
She learned to rise above it
she turned out pretty cool.

See the one you thought you used
to help you make it through.
What it is you failed to see
is they were using you.

Every road you ever traveled
to make it through a season.
Each and every thing you've done
all happened for a reason.

The fact that you are sorry
you needn't bear it any longer.
Each mistake along lifes way
makes someone even stronger.

You made amends along the way
you've owned up to the shame.
The memories that haunt you
don't even know your name.

So take the guilt you harbor
and put it on a shelf.
There's no future in the past
it's time to forgive yourself.

Edwin C Hofert

changecheer upchildhoodforgivenessrhyme

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