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Ever been burned by the fiery trials of life?

Ever journeyed with open eyes down a path that looked convincingly safe but ended up a dead end.... or worse, that led you to the slippery edge of a cliff?

When the only two choices in life are to turn around and change direction or fall off into oblivion, it's definitely time for a decided step.

When it gets to that point, your life's dreams have been broken, your heart seems shattered and nerves ..... well, they feel tighter than an accordion pleat!

How do you turn dreadful wrongs into rights, clean up and start all over? Exactly how do you reclaim your self worth?

It all begins in the heart.

When a massive change of heart is the emerging need of the day, praying for and depending upon God's forgiveness, grace and mercy never fails.

Depending and relying on those three things, you can stop listening to the voice of the charmer and begin to ride tall in the whirlwind, allowing Him to direct the storms of your life.

It was a clean-sweeping turnaround that composer Phillip David Harris of Birmingham, Alabama made by looking full in the face of his own life that ultimately led to the birth of the country song "Piece by Piece".

He recalls the passionate beauty of his very own precisely inspired moment when the powerful words fell like silk from the sky.

Unfolding his own real life story, the words came to him just after lunch while driving on Highway 79 toward Guntersville, Alabama when the floodgates of emotion opened.

The music and lyrics were as clear and bright as the sun at noonday.

The inspiration came with such magnetic force, he had no choice but to pull over and grab the first piece of paper he could see. Phillip watched in wonder as the words poured from his pen onto the back of a check stub on the dash of his truck.

Reflecting on that day, he's still in awe and wonderment at how fast and immediate the instant burst of clarity took place. You could say it was a once in a lifetime "seventh heaven moment".

This shining moment in history takes on an expanded, extraordinary meaning when country singer and songsmith Tommy Wood enters the scene.

Just as the sun delightfully beckons us with lengthening days in early spring, Tommy was beckoned by Nashville producer Dave Fowler, to take a look at "Piece by Piece" from a selection of newly written country songs.

Tommy was stunned when ....

...... he first heard it and knew he just had to record it.

He knew someone who was in a mighty struggle with addiction and thought it would touch them somewhere, somehow, down deep in their spirit and inspire them to change direction.

Like the lengthening days of spring that bring promise of growth and new life, Tommy fiercely wants more than anything through this inspirational song to bring hope and motivation to others who want to turn things around and make a better way.

Listen to "Piece by Piece" beautifully recorded at just over three minutes by award winning country music recording artist Tommy Wood.

You'll find it has a way of delivering a tender, healing kind of hope that gives forth a soothing light in its fullest spectrum of color and helps you to win back your place in life.

The rhythmical, folksy sound and promising words are as reassuring as an Appalachian lavender sunset on a breezy summer evening.

When you decide to put your life back together piece by piece, you'll say hello to filling your life day by day with peace by peace. Goodbye, broken dreams! 

©2011 Mary Theresa McLean, exclusive web content writer for Tommy Wood.