Reason, season or lifetime
Posted by Tyler Kinch on May 25th, 2008
People always come into your life for a reason, a season and 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, or to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or even spiritually. They may seem like a godsend too you, and they are. They are there for a 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 just 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. And like Spring turns to Summer and Summer to Fall, the season eventually ends.
LIFETIME, relationships teach you a lifetime of 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 (anyway);, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas in your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being part of my life…..
© Brian A. “Drew” Chalker
May 30th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Very insightful passage - it really made me reflect. I find that many people get so caught up in day-to-day living that they often forget what life is all about. I was that way until only 30 or so months ago when my wife and I learned we were expecting our first child. It was only then that I realized that there is only one thing that I need to do, and that is to give my daughter every opportunity to be all that she can be. Having a job to keep the lights on, food on the table, save money for tomorrow, being good to the environment, etc. are just the means that justify and support the main goal of raising my child - everything I do today must support this objective, and it does.
I am better for having read that passage. Thanks.
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