This has been forwarded around the internet for some time now, but it is a touching sentiment, and always gives you something to think about, especially at this time of the year.  What this has to do with Wellness, I am not sure, but I thought I would share it with you anyway. 

People come into your life for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime.
When you know which one it is for a person, 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 wrong doing 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.

LIFE TIME 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