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A Reason, a Season or a Lifetime? You only need to know the difference...

I don't know who originally wrote this but it has so much meaning and expresses my thoughts exactly. I received it a while ago from a friend and it has a lot of meaning for me. Out of every relationship I have ever had I try to take the time to figure out what it was supposed to mean and tried to learn something from it. People always come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do. While talking with a friend and discussing this particular issue I've come to a new conclusion. Most of the time I used this to figure out why people have come into my life. I've since learned that I can also use it in the reverse. To figure out why I was put into someone elses life. To understand my purpose to them.

REASON
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. The have come to assist you through a difficulty, or to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or even spiritually. The may seem like a Godsend to you, and they are. They are there for a 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 just walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you take a stand. What we must realize it 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.
SEASON

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 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. And like Spring turns to Summer and Summer to Fall, the season eventually ends.
LIFETIME

Lifetime, relationships teach you a lifetime of 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 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.

Thank you for being part of my life.