A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime

This was shared to me a while back, not sure who wrote it, but it's pretty interesting, thought I'd share it and added my own take, your thoughts?

WHY ARE YOU IN MY LIFE... 

People come into your life for a REASON, a SEASON, or a LIFETIME. When you figure out which it is, you’ll 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 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 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 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, seasons do change they come and go as do people, including yourself, whether it maybe change of heart, change of mind, outlook or perspective, sometimes things change, fate may dictate this, it’s up to you/us to not let things slip away to make it a step closer to lifetime. ~ LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lessons, love the person/people (anyway); 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. 

by Anonymous

If you really read into it some more, the writer was a bit defeatist on it, when in hind sight the 3 ensues each other, people come into your life for a reason, people will be who they are, they are what they are, acceptance is the key, they can be like seasons, they can be the winter you can't stand to bare, they're the spring that brings you joy and happiness, they're the summer in the winter that keeps you warm & gives you warmth, they're the beauty of autumn fall whenever days may seem gloomy, they become this ray of hope that somewhere behind those dark clouds, the sun is waiting to come out for better brighter days and if you keep to these mantra, keep true to this and to yourself, it is definitely a Lifetime you will have with you always, no matter the reason nor the season it may change to… things change, everything around us changes, people change, but we can not change them nor ask them to change, you should simply accept them for who they are, for they are perfect just the way they are... And if they’re only here for a reason or a season, if ever you were their true friend or if ever you truly love them, then you must always have the strength & courage to set them free with a bit of hope they’ll return back to you, whether as a friend or a lover, for a reason or for a season… be clairvoyant.

And if this is all true, then I’m a Reason, I’m a Season and I’m a Lifetime. choose none, choose one or choose all, that’s up to you and I can accept that. so once again, give me regrets, as long as I can keep all the good & great memories. so you may walk away from me today, you may forget me tomorrow, you may not even remember my name, I may even feel a bit of regret for letting you into my life, but rest assure I will have all these fond memories of you, whether good or bad and I will keep them to myself, in the far corners of my heart and mind, it will be all mine and no one can ever take that away from me, waiting for forever and a day, because in the end you were my friend once a upon a time. And if ever, things might come full circle, you’ll always have me as a friend.