Reason, Season or a Lifetime?

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:

Reason, Season, Lifetime (Poem)

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.

Some 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.

— Unknown

Another great 'teacher' is the famed Madea

 Let Them Go!

I love this picture of the 4 trees

 - showing the four seasons.

Our lives and the interactions we have with others many times will be just seasons.

However, like Madea said - when you find the ones with deep roots - 

hang on to those people!

Be blessed and enjoy all the

Reasons, Seasons and Lifetime 

friendships and relationships!

~~DarleneBl~~