布賴恩·A./Bryan A.
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 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 walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. Sometimes they die. What we must realize is that our need has been met. Our desire fulfilled, their work is done. Your need has been answered, and now it is time to move on.
When people come into your life for a season, it is 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.
人們不斷走進你的生活，有的是為了某個理由，有的會陪伴你度過一段時期，也有的會終生與你相伴。一旦對他們有了準確的認識和把握，你就會知道應該如何對待他們每一個人。
當某些人帶著特定的目的親近你時，通常表現為迎合你的某種需要，他們完全因你的需要而存在，幫助你克服困難，給予你支持和指引，在物質上、情感上或精神上援助你。但是，在你毫無過錯，或者遇到困難之時，他們也會通過言語或行為來惹惱你，以此來終結你們的關係。結束的方式或是遠離，或是處處與你為難，或是他們死了。而我們必須認識到的是，當我們的欲望得到滿足，願望得以實現，他們的任務也宣告完成了。需要得到了滿足，我們就應該繼續向前邁進了。