A Season, a Reason, a Lifetime

I'm sure you've all heard this before.  If you think about it, though, they are all for a lifetime.  Whether they are a physical part of your life for a long or short period of time, the things they teach you and the memories they leave you last a lifetime.

I have been blessed with some friends that have been there for me since we were kids and I have no doubt they will be a part of my life until we are old and gray.  They are my lifetime friends.  I honor and cherish them.  We don't even speak every day, but I know they are always there.  They are the friends that get you when know one else does, that love you no matter what choices you are making, and that will tell you like it is when you need to hear it.

There are people in my life right now that came to me when I needed them most.  A little odd in the way it all took place, but it is not my place to question it, just to be thankful for the happening.  Things have a way of happening to us and for us, when we need them.  These people may be seasons or reasons, but I know that the way they have touched me will stay with me for a lifetime.  The kindness I've seen, the love I've felt, the understanding and compassion will stay with me forever.

Love the people in your life for what they bring you.  They all teach you a lesson or show you something about yourself that you didn't know.  What is difficult is that we are also talking about the people who hurt you.  They are there to teach you as well.  It may not be possible to love that person and the thing they did, but you can love them for the experience which made you stronger and wiser.  I mean let's face it, not everyone in our life is good.  Think about it, though.  Without that experience, who would you be?

Another difficult thing is to think that someone has come into your life for good, for the long haul.  Only then to realize that isn't true at all.  How do you let go of that?  How do you see the truth and know in your heart of hearts that you have taken and given everything you can and it is just not meant to be?  I tell you this...you just know.  There comes a day when you have a clear thought and you know in your heart.  We often try to push that thought away or make excuses for it, but if you have had the knowing, then you have had it.  These people too, have touched you for a lifetime.  You will always carry the memory, experience, lesson, or reason with you.

My Mother recently passed away and I keep thinking of all the lessons she taught me.  She left me with so many memories.  I keep thinking, too, about the people that she brought into my life before she left.  She made contact with some family members that we hadn't seen in years.  I think she must've known what she was doing.  She re-established that relationship for us.  Not only that, but just in taking care of her, I have come closer to my sisters.  Those lifetime relationships have been strengthened, pruned and re-rooted.  Thank you, Momma, for bringing us together.

A season, a reason, a lifetime....  whatever it is, cherish it and know that when those relationships end or begin, it is all meant to be.

~Namaste~