Starting over

How many of you people out there
Been hurt in some kind of love affair
And how many times do you swear that you'll never love again?
How many lonely, sleepless nights
How many lies, how many fights
And why would you want to put yourself through all that again?
"Love is pain," I hear you say
Love has a cruel and bitter way
Of paying you back for all the faith you ever had in your brain
How could it be that what you need the most
Can leave you feeling just like a ghost?
You never want to feel so sad and lost again

One day you could be looking
Through an old book in rainy weather
You see a picture of her smiling at you
When you were still together
You could be walking down the street
And who should you chance to meet
But that same old smile that you've been thinking of all day

You can turn the clock to zero, honey
We're starting up a brand new day
Turn the clock all the way back
I'm thinking in a brand new way
Turn the clock to zero, sister
You'll never know how much I missed her
Starting up a brand new day

It could happen to you - just like it happened to me
There's simply no immunity - there's no guarantee
I say love's such a force - if you find yourself in it
And sometimes no reflection is there

Turn the clock to zero, honey
We're starting up a brand new day
Turn the clock to zero, Mac
I'm thinking in a brand new way

Stand up all you lovers in the world
Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
Stand up all you lovers in the world
Starting up a brand new day
Stand up all you lovers in the world
We're starting up a brand new day

Yes, a couple of days listening to Sting...
Life is cyclical, and therefore the analogy of the phoenix that I love so much. You only have to remember that although there is a pattern, not every cycle is the same. If it is, you're not growing. Every phoenix is the same, but is a new one.

After a long year, I'm feeling like I'm ready to start a brand new day. Things that happened in the life of some friends have given me perspective at the same time that I managed to show them perspective from my experience. That's a sign that I moved on from the same cycle they're almost starting.

Hope and faith have pushed me through the darkness. Thank God (and mom, dad, and so many others) for it.