People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it
is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed
outwardly or inwardly. 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 or out 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 it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share,
grow, or learn. They may 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; those things you must build upon in order
to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people
(any way); 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.

--Author Unknown