Thursday, September 29, 2011

A Reason, a Season or a Lifetime...

A Reason, a Season  or a Lifetime!

 

This very special poem  has helped others. The author is anonymous.

  When in a relationship, good, bad, business, long term, short term, etc. and  the relationship comes to an end, the poem below is a good read. Many times I have suggested  these words to someone I care about and have always gotten  a positive response.

Just something to think about.


                                         

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A Reason, a Season, or a 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 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.

When 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.

Author Unknown

  When in a relationship, good, bad, business, long term, short term, etc. and  the relationship comes to an end, the poem above is a good read.


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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Saying Farewell to a Best Friend!

Saying Farewell to a Best Friend!

Anyone who knows me has read about my friend, mentor, publisher and confidant...Peg Silloway.

                                      Peg Silloway HomeRome 410-530-2400       Friends   HomeRome 410-530-2400

We have known each other for well over 20 years. We met at NAWBO -National Association of Women's Business Owners- back when I was a porcelain artist and she was a CPA. We liked each other from the beginning.

Over time we changed places...career wise. Peg went back into the arts, doing stained glass and then writing and you all know I went into real estate...HomeRome Realty.

I don't think we have missed getting together, one day each month, in the past twenty years. It was always a special day. We did trips to DC, to Philadelphia for art shows and museums. We did the ACC-American Crafts Council  show every year in Baltimore. There are blogs from each of these yearly craft shows over the past five years.

We did radio shows together and we have done book signings together. We have been intertwined in each others lives. 

I sold her first house and found her next home. 

It is a wonderful friendship.  We did numerous, and I do mean numerous restaurants, in the Baltimore and Columbia areas. And during this time Peg started Silloway Press and  published her first book.. Real Estate the Rome Way  which many of you own and have read.

Her own, very popular publication, was named  gift book of the year   The Cat Lover's Book of Days.

Many of you have followed Peg's blog and have met her at the various ActiveRain gatherings.


Today I went to a party to celebrate Peg and Phil's new adventure. They are leaving Maryland and heading to Oregon.      

Farewell my friends. Travel safe and enjoy your new adventure!
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The going away party invite read:
''We are going far away, to the land of Douglas fir, Nike, Intel, salmon and artisanal beer.We have very much enjoyed the past 45 or so years in Maryland, especially the many friends we have made. Still, it is time for new adventures and new friends. So this will be au revoir to old friends (we will probably visit in a couple years)."

In case you haven't been following me...here are just a few posts about my friend Peg Silloway...I know there are more and many more to come.


It's All About Friendship!


And then there will be this one to add...

Saying Farewell to a Best Friend! 




Margaret Rome
Author of Real Estate the Rome Way
www.HomeRome.com
410-530-2400

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