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 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.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

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“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
–William Shakespeare

Find inspiration in every relationship you make–good or bad.

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“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.”
Robert H. Schuller

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THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

It Is Better To Be Alone Than In The Wrong Company!

Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are.

If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl and bark at the moon.

But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.

A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate for the good and the bad.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. =)

Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.

An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change.

Some of your friends will not want you to go on.

They will want you to stay where they are.

Friends that don’t help you climb will want you to crawl.

Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream.

Those that don’t increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider This:

Never receive counsel from unproductive people.

Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how.

Not everyone has a right to speak into your life.

You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.

Don’t follow anyone who’s not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it.

Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.

Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.

Choose to rise…Don’t settle…and go for your dreams!!!

And most of all let God lead you in everything you do

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This truth goes both ways…

If a woman wants you, nothing can keep her away. If she doesn’t want you, nothing can make her stay.

Stop making excuses for a woman and her behavior. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be. Slower is better. Never live your life for a woman before you find what makes you truly happy.

If a relationship ends because she was not treating you as you deserve then hell no, you can’t “be friends”. A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.

Don’t settle. If you feel like she is stringing you along, then she probably is. Don’t stay because you think “it will get better.” You’ll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better. The only person you can control in a relationship is you.

Always have your own set of friends separate from her. Maintain boundaries in how a girl treats you. If something bothers you, speak up. Never let a woman know everything. she will use it against you later. You cannot change a woman’s behavior. Change comes from within. Don’t EVER make her feel she is more important than you are…even if she has more education or a better job. Do not make her into a quasi-god. she is a woman, nothing more nothing less. Never let a woman define who you are. Never borrow someone else’s woman.

If she cheated with you, she’ll cheat on you.

A woman will only treat you the way you ALLOW her to treat you. All women are NOT bitches. You should not be the one doing all the bending…compromise is a two way street. You need time to heal between relationships…there is nothing fun about baggage… Deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship. You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you… a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals… look for someone complimentary…not supplementary. Dating is fun…even if she doesn’t turn out to be Ms. Right. Make her miss you sometimes… when a woman always know where you are, and you’re always readily available to her – she takes it for granted.

And don’t fully commit to a woman who doesn’t give you everything that you need. Keep her in your radar but get to know others.

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“The Window On A New Tommorrow” by VisionaryImagist Joey

“Each day dawns with a new beginning, a new chance and a new opportunity to start all over again. The regrets of yesterday’s mistakes, troubles and indiscretions vanish in the brilliant sunshine of a new morning. I awaken and I am reborn each and every day. It becomes my decision whether I wish to start fresh or remain tied to the “hitching post” of my own personal history. Yesterday is gone and is but a fleeting memory and tomorrow is but a vision of things to come. So it is today, the present, in which I find myself. I cannot escape the fact that I must abide in the “now”. I cannot evade this elemental truth. So, if I live today as best as I can all my yesterdays will become fond memories of joy and happiness and my every tomorrow will be filled with hope and spacious dreams. So, I must look well to this very moment, this very day, in which I find myself. I must chose to do the next “right thing” if I wish to be filled with abundance and joy. It is in this daily journey that I will find the peace and fulfillment that I desire.”

- thanks Noelle
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“God will deal you the cards but it’s up to you how you play them”

- Me

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“Girls are like parking spaces.  All the good ones are taken and the rest of them are handicapped”

- Josh