I received a forwarded email from one of my ex-colleague who is based in the UK and I find the it very meaningful. This lady is one of the few people who continued to keep in touch with me via emails and SMSes even after I left the company. I worked very closely with her on my 'favourite' account for many years. As she in her early fifties, she's got a lot more experience than me both in terms of work and life in general... she became my mentor and taught me many things work-wise and also about life.
Here's the content of the email:
People come into your life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime.
When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that 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 God send 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.
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.
Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.
Then the email was signed off with - 'From your Guardian Angel' and the pic below.
Clearly, Lucas, Chloe and 'the little one' are only meant to be in my life only for a Season. Truly, each of them have taught me so much... and in their own unique ways, each of them have brought me an unbelievable amount of joy (and also an immeasureable amount of pain), and opened my eyes to things I never knew (or things I knew but took for granted).
*** To my dearest Angels with much thanks from your mommy - Thank you for being in my life, even if it is only for a short season. Each of you will always be a part of me even after you are gone.
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