I'm Going To Change My Life

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I'm going to change my life today

I'm going to start right now

I'm going to listen to everyone

That can really tell me how.

I won't try to be perfect

For no one is --- you see

But I'm going to learn to be someone

That I can like --- for me.

And after I've learned to shape my life

Like I want it to be

Others will see a difference 

And the rest will come naturally.

Facing the person that I am now

Will be the hardest part

For I know I'm weak in many ways

And have too soft a heart.

Our love, we must give freely

But at times we must be strong

Sometimes, what seems a loving deed

Can really do great wrong.

Then we hurt, instead of help

Those closest to our heart

We, alone, can't make them happy

They have to do their part.

We can't tell others how to live

For how are we to know

The doubts and fears, the hopes and dreams

That shape the way they go?

The only thing that we can do

Is try to understand

And give freely to them, of ourself

If they seek a helping hand.

"Love thy neighbor as thyself"

There's lots of meaning there

If we don't even like ourself

Then what have we to share?

If I'm unhappy with life now

It's up to me to change

To face my faults and conquer fear

To rebuild and rearrange.

I know it won't be easy 

I may fall along the way

But with the help of God and friends

I'll find myself someday.

So I'm going to change my life right now

I'm going to search my soul

To find out what I really need

To help me reach my goal.

Pearl E. Cain