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[Samuari]

Thse things seem to be turning up in my email a lot, lately. This was particularly thought provoking at least for me, and it seems to describe a lot of what I've seen here in the two years that I've been at Lit.



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Are you a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime?

Pay attention to what you read. After you read this, you will
know the reason it was sent to you!

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.

REASON:

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 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 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.

SEASON:

When people come into your life for a SEASON it is 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:

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.

Thank you for being a part of my life.

Stop here and just SMILE.

Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
And dance like no one is watching.

Author Unknown

 

[Cheyenne]

I hope someone didn't send this to you trying to tell you they were a "reason" friend and now were "out a here."

 

[alexandraaah]

I saw that a long time ago and it has always stuck with me.

The hardest part, sometimes, is allowing the truth of the situation to simply be what it is.

I think we tend to fool ourselves in the "lifetime" category and not pay mind to the reason or the season for fear of an end.

It's another good one, Samurai, thanks for posting.

 

[Samuari]

I hope someone didn't send this to you trying to tell you they were a "reason" friend and now were "out a here."

Nope, or at least I don't think so. But I do think that Alex is right. We do sometimes try to fool our selve into wanting our friends to always be here, when there are those for whom the proper duration is much shorter. I v'e seen literally dozens of folks come and go on this board, and yes, I miss most of them and would dearly love to see their reaction to some of the current posters (can you imagine what Flag, Deborah, Lasher, or Madame Pandora would make of the current Board?), and I dearly want some closure with Mensa ( although I suspect that he is in a far better place with no more pain or suffering), but I can't have those things. These people were here for a season and I am deeply thankful for thier affect on me. I only wish that I had told them so.