People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a Lifetime!

When someone or something is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to
meet a need you have expressed (either consciously or unconsciously) .
They may help you through a difficult time, to provide you with guidance
and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, financially or
spiritually. Other times people or situations have been sent along to
challenge you and ask you to "step up to the mark", to realise how strong
you are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without
any wrongdoing 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.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, 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.

It may not always be apparent to you at first as to which category they
fit into. But always trust that there is a purpose to your experience.
When you know which one it is, you will know what choices to make, what to
do for that person or whether to keep them/it in your life, or whether it
is time to let go and allow it to move out of your life.