Wicked

This afternoon I've been on a 'Wicked' kick. My friend, Laura, put a post on her blog called 'For Good' & it got me thinking about the broadway musical & I can't stop thinking about it! If you haven't seen the play yet, put it on your 2008 To Do List! It's the most BEAUTIFUL story of love, inner beauty, and friendship that I've ever heard! The music is ALL fabulous, catchy & upbeat! I'm a little cheesy & sentimental so I get teary when I listen to some of the songs, especially the one called 'For Good'. It's a dialogue between the 2 girls sharing how grateful they are to have known each other. In my own life I feel so grateful that I've always been blessed with good friends! Just the other night I was thinking of the friends I have here and I was thinking that there's a reason for EacH friendship! I found myself thinking that 'I need _______ in my life for _______', & I need ______ right now in my life because ________'. Of course the friends I'm most grateful for are my family & wonderful husband! But I just couldn't let this day go by without thanking each of you, my incredible friends! My life truly has been changed for good by each of you!!!

If you haven't heard the song 'For Good' you should download it & listen to it. Here are the words if you prefer to read them.

Here is a link to YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jdB1tGE_g

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 things 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 ELPHABA
Like a comet pulled Like a ship blown
From orbit as it Off it's mooring
Passes a sun, like By a wind off the
A stream that meets Sea, like a seed
A boulder, half-way Dropped by a
Through the wood 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.