I forgot to post this when I wrote to Maurice about friends. I think this says   
   a lot about friendship and how it works.   
      
      
   Reason, Season and Lifetime   
      
   What are you??? Are you a Reason a Season or a Lifetime?   
      
   Pay attention to what you read. After you read this, you will know the reason   
   it was sent to you! 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 wrong doing 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.   
      
   Then 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.   
      
   THANK YOU for being a part of my life.   
      
      
   Work like you don't need the money   
   Love like you've never been hurt, and   
   dance like no one is watching.   
      
   Sharon   
      
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    * Origin: Shar's Wildlife (1:3613/1275.7)