Life is taken one step at a time

We have to crawl before we walk
And fall before we fly
We learn to cry before we talk
And we have questions before we wonder why

We have to be whole before we can be broken
And young before we’re old
We have to sleep before we are woken
And learn before we know

To feel happiness first we feel pain
And to earn strength first we must be weak
Before we smile our tears fall like rain
And we learn to think before we can speak

We see the stars before we reach them
And cry before we can laugh
We must fail before we can win
To get to the future we must live through the past

Sometimes before we go forward we have to look back
There are times when stability comes from falling apart
There are days that will be hard before we’re back on track
And moments when to listen to the mind we must fallow the heart

In order to shine we must witness the dark
First we live before we can die
We have a destination before we embark
So live, laugh, weep before it’s time to say goodbye