Here’s a little something by an anonymous author that I found some personal significance in.
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 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.
Then 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
Wow ! This is really deep. I’ve had a best friend for 6 six and distance is growing between us now. Somehow we don’t match anymore, as if we were trying to put the wrong pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together. This situation is giving me pain, but after reading your post, I’m thinking that probably his reason to be in my life has been fulfilled. There’s no point in trying to blend the old paradigm with the new one. I have changed (for the better) so time will tell if this friendship will survive this new set of circumstances.
Thank you sharing this post. It gave my heart some comfort.