This is a message I received from friends forwarding mails , altered it slightly, and thought you all would enjoy it.

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.

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 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.

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 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. Wherever you find yourself, know that God loves you and wants you to love yourself and others.