在你生命裏留下印記的人 A 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.

人們走進你的生活，或者是爲了一個原因，或者他們只停留一段時期，或者他們永遠與你相隨。一旦明曉其中究竟，你就知道該如何面對他們了。

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.

有的人出現在你的生活中是有原因的，通常他們填補了你流露出來的需要：幫你渡過難關，指點和支持你，切實地在情感上、精神上幫助你。他們出現是因爲你需要他們。然後在一個你無可引咎而又不便的時候，這人說了什麼或者做了什麼令你們終止了這段關係。有時候他們離你而去，有時候他們冒出歪理而逼得你要奮起反抗，有時候是因爲他們逝世。我們必需認識到，自己的需要已經滿足了，願望已經實現了，他們的工作也就完成了。你的需要得到了迴應，接着的是要繼續前行。

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.

有的人在你的生活中只會停留一段時期，那是因爲你到了這樣的一個時候：成長、學習，並和別人一起分享你的世界。他們讓你體會平和，也讓你歡笑。他們可能也教會你做一些從沒做過的事情。他們常能給你帶來無數歡樂。相信這一點！這是真的！可這，只能維持一段時間。

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.

持續一生的情誼將令你終生受益；一點一滴地努力吧，建造一個堅不可摧的感情基礎。你要做的只是去接受經驗，對一生相隨的人付出關愛，並將你所學到應用到生命中的其他關係和方方面面中。愛情令人盲目，而友誼能醍醐灌頂，據說如此。