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At work I get a lot of chain e-mails. Most are about religion, some about “forward or you’ll have bad luck!”, others are office jokes - junk like that. But once in awhile the content actually makes some amount of sense. I know the piece below is somewhat cheesy but it means something to me. It gives some perspective as to why people who become a part of your life and have made an impact on it just up and disappear. It has probably happened to everyone and I’m sure that it has hurt you too when it has. I don’t want to look back at a relationship negatively so I try to see what I learned from it.

Sorry, I don’t know who the author is.  

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“Reason, Season, 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.

To me – not really. Don’t get me wrong, the women are beautiful in their own right but this is not what our standards should put up against. I was looking through the Victoria’s Secret catalog that came in the mail today and a thought came to mind of what I’ve heard so many women say when they look through those catalogs: “It looks great on them but if I were to put that on – I would look horrible!” We continually compare ourselves to these women who are practically sticks and it’s sickening.

It seems that we have gotten used to seeing skinny beautiful people in the advertising that sells us our clothes, our cars, our food. When an average person is up on the screen or on our billboards are we thinking “Ugh, how did they get on there?”

Now I am nowhere near fantastically amazing. I am a chunky girl with tits and ass and I love it. I feel comfortable with my body. I know I am sexy and I choose to show it off when I want to. I am not pulling some holier than thou type of BS because I do have my off days – everybody does. So yes, sometimes I do wish I was a bit more “fit” and maybe that my stomach was a little flatter so that I can maybe one day find a pair of pants that actually fit well. Sometimes I try on outfits and all I can see is the chunkyness showing and it gets to me – sometimes.

But look at these women! Scrawny legs, no asses, hardly any tits, no curves! For zombie jesus’ sake all the poses have them leaning to one side to give the illusion that they have hips! Their ribcages were probably Photoshopped out just so that they don’t totally look like skeletons. Yes, I know this is attractive to some people. No, I am not putting down skinny chicks. I just feel like there should be a good mixture of body types in the advertising that is shoved in our face on a daily basis. Dove tried this concept and it seems to have died out some because I have not seen the ads for it lately. All I’m saying is that I would love to see at least some curvy chicks in main stream advertising and not just in the “fatty” stores.