Reason, Season or Lifetime

Heh, the new blogger looks so weird and is so hard to navigate (I'm hoping it's because I'm new and not because I'm a technophobe) that it doesn't really encourage any blogging endeavours. But then again, that's just an excuse not to blog and just to slug around unproductively online as I await my regular chatting partner, heh. Oh well.

Came across this poem which is a rather interesting one:

Reason, Season, or Lifetime

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 may seem like a godsend, and they 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.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

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.

— Unknown

I've an idealized view on all of my friendships as I've always wanted them to all be lifetime ones. Heck, when I was in uni, I used to brag that I may have only a few friends, but these few friends are enough for me, as they are not merely sunshine friends but friends who understand the inner me and who take me for who I am, warts and all. But now I've come to realize that maybe people have to move on, and maybe some of those who I've always considered to be lifetime friends may just be friends for a reason or a season. It's a hard lesson to accept though I hope I'm wrong. Heh.