There Is A Season for All Things....

To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.  There are certain people who aren’t meant to fit into your life forever, they are there to teach us a lesson or guide us down a different path. Only ones who are truly worthy of your love are the ones who stand with you through the hard times and laugh with you after the hard times pass. 

Just like we experience the seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, we have to allow those who come into our life for a season go when it is time.  This is easier said than done, especially when the season might lasts for a number of years. Don't start looking around at your friends looking for that one that was only supposed to be there for a season.  There is a great chance that person has already come and gone, and left you with a memory of a lesson learned.  You may have had to learn the lesson the hard way, as in that person was the bane of your existence.  And when you came out on the other side you came away with a lesson that you could not have learned any other way.  Given my stubborn nature, I have had many lessons come to me the hard way and one of them was when to let that person go because their work is done in my life.  Many times I was so blind to the fact that they were only there for a season that the friendship was torn a part, just so that person would be free to move on.  In one particular instance I was so angry at that person that the lesson was lost on me and it was so bad that we did not even mention that persons name in the house.  But over time I have been able to see and understand that they were only there for a season and when it was done they had to go.  The lesson they taught me is invaluable to me now in my everyday life and I can think on them without anger and with thankfulness, for a lesson well taught .  Many times nothing dramatic has happened to separate you from that person, just over time you drifted apart from each other, only to leave each of you with great memories and you still learned a valuable lesson from them. 
There are also people who are meant to be a part of your existence for a life time, how do you know the difference?  These are the ones who through good times and bad times, happy and sad, care enough to argue with you and for you, and to kick you in the bottom when it is needed.  These are the ones that even if you have not talked to them in a long time, when you do it is just like time never passed.  These are the ones you have their back and they have yours no matter what. Keep them!!
Think back to that one who taught the hardest lesson you have had to learn and be thankful for them, and the lesson they taught you along the way.  To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
Peace and Blessings