when its over...

Got this article from a friend's mail...
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People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you will know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. 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 or out 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 it is now 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 may 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; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person or people involved; 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.
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There are times when we force ourselves to think that the chance of meeting a certain person is for a lifetime. We tend to be selfless that we devote everything to that person only to get nothing in return. Time comes when we start to accept that the chance is only for a reason or season. It may take so much pain to realize that but I guess that has to happen in order for us to actually see the real thing.

On the other hand, there are people who don't give importance on that chance of a lifetime. They may see each moment lasting only for a reason or season. Even if you try so hard to convince them that it's for a lifetime. Like what the article says, its always good to know a person's purpose in your life because if you do, you'll be able to do the right thing.