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 aide
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 wrong doing 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, whether you were a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime!
Special Note: Received this a couple of years ago around Christmas time anonymously
with Author being Unknown. It is interesting what you receive that touches your heart and soul.
I updated this piece with more information, added a picture at that top and emailed, it has circled the globe.
"There are people that cross our lives in tiny fractions of time and the briefest
of encounters and yet they leave an indebtable mark in our hearts forever".
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont - 2006 - I added 'forever' to this quote.
Southern Lady
Miss Jacqueline R.