Email received:

People come into your life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime. When you know which one it is for a person, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered, and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being a part of my life.

I would say that colleagues and most friends are there for a season, to accompany you during that part of your journey of life. Some closer friends I have now, I hope that they would be lifetime relationships. But the thing is, you won't know till the end whether they are.

I sent this to Someone when I got the email previously. I told him that there was a time when I thought he was there for a lifetime, but I turned out to be wrong. Now? Seems to be here another season, but perhaps I'm having difficulty accepting that fact and letting go.

But whether it's love or friendships, both are fragile. It takes sincerity and work from both parties to maintain either.

# posted by Shopaholic : 5:49 PM