My Way

 My Way

The other day I listened again to the song My Way. I then went online and found the lyrics and realized many of the words reminded me of the life I've led. This is what the lyrics meant to me. 

Regrets, I've had a few,

But then again, too few to mention.

I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption.

And I planned each charted course, each careful step along life's by way

And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

Yes, I've had a few regrets, but overall those regrets did not stop me from getting the life I deserve. I did what I had to do to fix the things I've broken. I had a plan for my life. I loved my parents, but I wanted a better life than they. I choose the career I loved and took demotions, in my companies, to jobs that paid less, but, made me happy. I made very tough decisions in my personal life for happiness.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,

When I bit off more than I could chew.

But through it all, when there was doubt,

I ate it up and spit it out.

I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way.

Reading these words over and over again while I was looking back on the life I've led rang true to me. I survived the mistakes I've made. I pushed my life forward when I could have just accepted the life I had. I overcame my doubts even though those doubts scared the crap out of me. 

I've loved, I've laughed, I cried

I've had my fill, my share of losing.

And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing.

Just to think I did all that

And may I say, not in a shy way,

Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way

I've had a very interesting life. I still have an interesting life. I've had the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. I've loved and laughed and cried, but through it all I never stopped loving life.

For what is a man, what has he got?

If not himself, then he has not

To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels

The record shows I took the blows and did it my way.

To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels

The record shows i took the blows and did it my, my way.

What more can I say? The words above say it all.

My Way