People always come into your life for a reason, a season and a lifetime.
When you figure out which is 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 even spiritually. They may seem like a godsend to you, 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 we sent up has been answered. And it is now time to move on.

When People come into our life for a SEASON, itis 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.

© 2000 Brian A. "Drew" Chalker

The above was copyrighted by Drew Chalker in 2000. Many versions have been constructed that are slightly different. However, the original source is on the Internet.

The following was added to one version: So accept and enjoy whatever life brings. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. And dance like no one is watching.

The following was added to another version: To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven...”, Eccl. 3:1. There’s sowing and there’s growing through our happiness and strife. We are shaped with each burden that we bear, it softens a stubborn heart to one that understands and cares. And though our pain seems sometimes in vain on this journey we call life, soon we’ll look back and we realize that there are reasons for all our difficulties. We learn every time and we’re growing all the time. We only need to search within our heart to find the answer.