For a Reason, Season, or a Lifetime

Lately, it seems like so many of my friends have come and gone. It's makes you kinda sad but makes you happy at the same time. You want your friends to do what is best for their futures but you wonder what your life will be like without those people who have listened to you complain and cry, made you laugh, or just called to say hello for know reason. I have talked about this with many of my friends and then I received this email from a close friend at work. I know it is kinda sappy but it makes sense and I think once you read it, you will agree. I am happy to say that the people leaving are "Lifetime Friends" - I have learned a lot from them and I hope to continue learning from each of them (especially when they become rich and famous :-D). Enjoy!


People come into your life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime.
When you know which one it is, 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.