People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
You may have heard this saying before and it is personally one of my favorites. When I look back on my life and all the people, places, things that have happened, I am always humbled and grateful the most for all the amazing people that have come in and out at different times.
Whether it was a lifetime reason - as in Erma Fick, my Sunday School teacher as a child and Great Aunt who is still going strong today at age 80 and over 60 years of marriage (and is still my Spiritual advisor even thousands of miles away from me). I love you Aunt Erma! Your pearls of wisdom and your faith still guide me today.
Or for a season – as in my running club members in Minneapolis, MN, whom I taught for just a few years, but who very well may still be running after all this time and I just don’t know where they may be at in their journey.
Or as in a reason – that person I recommended a book to read or a movie to watch that impacted me to a deeper level that will leave a lasting impact and deep change in their life. The timing could be so powerful that they recommend that same book or movie on to someone else that keeps paying it forward and transforming the world in the process.
You never know what type of an impact you may have had on someone in a relationship, or even a “chance” meeting on the street. Yet, I do know that you met for a reason, season or a lifetime to benefit either them or yourself in some way.
I just watched a video recently that brought this to another level for me. It does not even have to be a human being that you meet for a reason, season or a lifetime, that makes the difference for you or that other “being”.
CLICK HERE for a very touching video that displays how a couple of human beings met a cub lion, named him Christian, and made a difference in all of their lives – a difference that, I believe, will last a lifetime.
Here’s to you and all your relationships (human and not)! May you see the reason, the blessing and the impact they have in your current season or this lifetime.
Written by Lois Tiedemann, Transformational Success Coach.