Seasons and Lifetimes

Some people come into your life for a season, and some come for a lifetime. Never mix seasonal people with life-long expectations.

...and it is not blood, proximity, or desire that creates the difference between the seasonal people and the lifers.... it is simple behavior.

I have a dear friend who is struggling with this seasonal v. lifer conundrum right now. One of her ‘forever friends’ has taken a leave of absence from her life… and making it even worse for my pal, is that her friend flew away on wings of judgment.I think as human beings we sometimes forget what false loft judgment puts beneath us. When we hold our judgment ‘over’ someone else, we are looking down upon them from a self-imposed vantage point. What we often cannot see is that our vantage point on someone else’s life, can reach no further than the tip of our very own nose. … Why is this? Because that is where OUR life ends and THEIRS begins.

Judgment of another is one of the most expedient ways to turn a lifelong relationship into a seasonal one… Remember this before taking flight on wings of judgment. Those wings always catch the winds of pride and take us up to a height that makes a soft landing impossible.