Inspirational Sunday - Friendship

It's been a lazy Labor Day weekend so far for me. I was told that I was overdoing it and the reason my knee hasn't healed is because it hasn't rested enough. So I promised my doctor I would be a bed vegetable and I have been to a degree. I have worked on my blog, I have balanced the checkbooks, I have worked on a newsletter sample to give out at an upcoming meeting, I have read 4 books, but my rear is getting sore now. Yes, the knee feels better but thy gluteus's are hurting.

Today I wish I had some inspirational words but I am still reeling from finding out that someone I considered a friend isn't. I look back now and see that although I called her constantly and was consistently worried about her, the feeling or the phone calls were not recipricated. I actually can't remember the last time she called me asking me how I was or what I was doing. To her I was a reason. I am still trying to figure out what she was to me.

It reminded me of this:

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