A Reason

Here is another one of my favorite quotes that has helped me through out the years in trying to understand why certain people come and go in my life.  Sometimes, I really don't know which category someone falls into but I always try to remember that their presence in my life was/is meaningful.  Perhaps, they were placed along my path to teach me something, make me happy, love me, hate me, build me up or tear me down.  I may not ever know why some people exist(ed) in my life and that is OK.  I do not need to know their purpose for being there.  I just know that each experience and encounter I have along the way has helped me see who I truly am or who I am meant to be.  Having a life full of oh wells is a hell of alot better than a life full of what ifs and I will always welcome an opportunity to take a risk in allowing someone to walk into my life for good, bad or both.

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.
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 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 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.

Some 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.

— Unknown

peace & love

bj

Do It Anyway

I love inspirational quotes, poems and sayings.  Sometimes all you need is to read one and have it change your whole day.  Having a new perspective on the way you view life and your experiences allows you to be at peace in your heart with what you have lived.  No matter how much you think you screw up, life goes on.  Everything changes.  Learn to make yourself happy first and foremost. 

Here is one of my all time favorite quotes that I need to remember and read more often.

Mother Teresa wrote this poem – Do It Anyway

People are often unreasonable,

illogical and self-centered;

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,

people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,

you will win some false friends and true enemies;

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,

people may cheat you;

Be honest anyway.

What you spend years building,

someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,

they may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,

people will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,

and it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,

it is between you and God;

It was never between you and them anyway.

peace & love

bj