Off topic post

I know this is off topic, but it's not completely.  There are several of my friends/family who are going through really tough stuff right now, and I've absolutely been there.  A friend gave me a CD before I left, and I really like the group, Lady Antebellum (they're kind of country, sort of like Sugarland, but I like them better).  Anyway, the last song on the album really spoke to me.  I've been through some incredibly hard things, and in the moment, you don't really see how things can get better.  I look at what I'm doing now, and it's so much more than I hoped or planned for myself.  If I hadn't gone through those things, and I'd gotten everything I wanted when I wanted it, I might be happy sure, but I wouldn't be a very strong person, and I wouldn't be near as thankful for what I have as I am now.  The lyrics aren't sophisticated, but they are true, and that's pretty profound.

One Day You Will

You feel like you're falling backwards

Like you're slipping through the cracks

Like no one would even notice 

If you left this town and never came back

You walk outside and all you see is rain

You look inside and all you feel is pain

And you can't see it now

But down the road the sun is shining

In every cloud there's a silver lining

Just keep holding on

Every heartache makes you stronger

But it won't be much longer, 

You'll find love, you'll find peace

And the you you're meant to be

I know right now that's not the way you feel,

but one day you will.

You wake up every morning and ask yourself

What am I doing here anyway?

With the weight of all those disappointments

Whispering in your ears

you're just barely hanging by a thread.

You want to scream, but you're down to your last breath.

And you don't know it yet.

But down the road the sun is shining

In every cloud there's a silver lining

Just keep holding on

And every heartache makes you stronger

But it won't be much longer

You'll find love, you'll find peace

And the you you're meant to be

I know right now that's not the way you feel

But one day you will

Find the strength to rise above

You will

Find just what you're made of...

One day you will.