Friends - Season, Reason, or Lifetime

A friendship that I felt strongly about dissolved once.  At the time I viewed it a loss and could not understand what went wrong?  Expressing my heartache with a friend, she shared the following with me.  Reading it gave me peace of mind.  It wasn't a friendship lost.  It was a friendship that had its place for a time in my life. Just as important as any other friendship I had.  Blogging has brought new friends into my life.  People I likely will never meet, but they add a beauty to the tapestry of my journey on earth.  Pamela is one of these.  She recently posted a blog titled 'She Had Such A Beautiful Face'.   As I watched her video 'Such Beautiful Faces' I envisioned my friends for a reason, a season, and those that remain true for a lifetime.  Thanks Pamela for sharing the beauty of your heart!

Reason, Season, or Lifetime Friends

When someone is in your life for a reason, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly.  S/he has come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually.  S/he is there to meet a need.  Then without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, s/he will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.  Sometimes s/he dies.  Sometimes s/he walks away.  Sometimes s/he acts u or out and forces you to take a stand. What we must realize is that the need has been met.  

When a person comes into your life for a season, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.  S/he may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.  S/he may teach you something you have never done.  S/he usually gives you an unbelievable amount of joy.  

Lifetime relationships teach you lifetime lessons.  Those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.  You must accept the lesson, love the person/people anyway, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

Source:  Anonymous