People 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.

	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 god send, 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 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.

	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 lesson, 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.

Should you find something on your dinner plate that doesn't appeal to you, don't complain.
There are people who don't have anything on their plate.

Should you find yourself stuck in traffic, don't despair.
There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work, think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad, think of the person who has never known
what it's like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend, think of the woman in dire straits,
working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance, think of the paraplegic
who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror, think of the cancer patient in chemo who
wishes she had hair to examine.

Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose?
Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities,
remember, things could be worse. You could be them!