A friend of mine recently forwarded me an email, you've probably seen it before, about the reasons why people come into your life. She said, in the email:
"I think I am a season to you and I hope to become a lifetime. You have made me a better person for knowing you."
She may think we're "season" friends now...but I think we're "lifetime" :-)
Here's the text of the forwarded email:
PEOPLE COME INTO YOUR LIFE FOR A REASON
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.
I've been lucky in that I've only had two friends, not counting boyfriends/husbands, I thought were "lifetime" who actually were "reason". One happened in 1997; the other just recently.
Such is life, though, right?
Comments
You are definately a lifetime with me kiddo. So don't get any ideas that you can get rid of me!
I believe that people are in our lives for a reason too......you never know what path life will take you down.....
There is a lot of truth in that email, and I believe it wholeheartedly. At my age, you can almost tell who is in your life for a reason - or a season - and why.
Michele sent me.
