Relationship lessons are sometimes hard to learn.
Especially the ones regarding friendships.
You are always going to find a lesson in each. Their friendship will either be one of three:
A Reason ~~ A Season ~~or A Lifetime.
Which lesson are you needing to learn?
Finding those who are like 'roots' - they are the ones you need to hold onto!
I have several really great friends.
We don't all live in the same town and a few not even in the same country.
I recently had a friendship dissolve after many years together.
We no longer communicated the same - and there was a great hurt there that had to be healed.
I finally had to accept the apology that I would never have
and moved on.
I call her my 'Reason' friend.
There are also those you meet -
that no matter what you do -
you are just never meant to be long term.
Maybe this person comes along during a time of need and fills that 'gap' you needed filled. After a time though,
you drift apart.
Memories may still linger,
but you are no longer
in one another's lives.
That is your 'Season' friendship.
I do have one friend however,
that I met with today for only a
short period.
She was 'passing through' town -
and we only had time to have
about an hour together.
Our times have always so precious
for the both of us.
We met years ago when we both were educating our kids - and we wanted someone to attend an out of town conference with.
We met beforehand and immediately
we knew we'd
be
'lifetime friends'.
Many times we've called one another during dark periods in our lives -
and we never looked at the clock -
we were just there for one another.
Many times she's called on me and I listened, advised or comforted.
She has done the very same for me!
Our hearts are connected always!
I call her my 'Lifetime' friend <3
This poem describes exactly what I mean:
