Friendship- Reasons or Seasons?

A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime....

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each 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 God sent, 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 realise 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.

When 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.

This is an original write up by Jean Domnique Martin, which was sent to me by a good friend. We all would have had stages in our lives where this is pertinent. We have friends who come and go; sometimes we are sad as to why we spaced out. When we learn to see these situations in the right perspective, it becomes comforting to cope and not brood over the past. However this is easier said than done; to accept this takes a lot more audacity.

Think about the people in your life at present, are they for a reason, season or a lifetime? If you believe that they are for a lifetime, work towards strengthening it. Bottom line is cherish what friendships and relationships you have, because everything happens for a reason.... so that you grow better as a person.