Why Are We Here?

We are here to help one another along life's journey.
- William Bennett

Sixx:am Lyrics - Life Is Beautiful

This is not my style of music usually. April shared this song with me. Really like the words. Appropriate for this stage of my life. Especially the line "You can't live until you die." And NO ONE is to cry at my funeral!

You can’t quit until you try
You can’t live until you die
You can’t learn to tell the truth
Until you learn to lie

You can’t breathe until you choke
You gotta laugh when you’re the joke
There’s nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

I know some things that you don’t
I’ve done things that you won’t
There’s nothing like a trailer park to find your way back home

I was waiting for my hearse
What came next was so much worse
It took a funeral to make me feel alive

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

I Wish I Could Have...

A quote from the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a man who could not raise his daughter.

I wish I could have kissed you good night.
I wish I could have taken you to your first day of school.
I wish I could have been there to teach you piano.
I wish I could have told you not to chase some boy.
I wish I could have held you when you had a broken heart.
I wish I could have been your father. Nothing I ever did will replace that.

For what it's worth, it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it.

I hope you make the best of it.
I hope you see things that startle you.
I hope you feel things you've never felt before.
I hope you meet people with a different point of view.
I hope you live a life you're proud of.
If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over again.