People are like leaves, branches, and roots

Some people come into your life for a season and some come for a lifetime. You better know which is which.

Some people are meant to come into your life for a lifetime, some for only a season and you got to know which is which. And we’re often messing up when mixing those seasonal people up with lifetime expectations.

Put everybody that comes into your life in the category of a tree.

LEAF

Some people are like leaves on a tree. When the wind blows, they’re over there… wind blow that way they over here… they’re unstable. When the seasons change they wither and die, they’re gone. That’s alright. Most people are like that, they’re not there to do anything but take from the tree and give shade every now and then. That’s all they can do. But don’t get mad at people like that, that’s who they are. That’s all they were put on this earth to be. A leaf.

BRANCH

Some people are like a branch on that tree. You have to be careful with those branches too because they’ll fool you. They’ll make you think they’re a good friend and they’re real strong but the minute you step out there on them, they’ll break and leave you high and dry.

TREE

But if you find 2 or 3 people in your life that’s like the roots at the bottom of that tree you are blessed. Those are the kind of people that aren’t going anywhere from you. They aren’t worried about being seen, nobody has to know that they know you, they don’t have to know what they’re doing for you but if those roots weren’t there, that tree couldn’t live.

A tree could have a hundred million branches but it only takes a few roots down at the bottom to make sure that tree gets everything it needs. When you get some roots, hold on to them but for the rest of it… just let it go. Let folks go.

Source: Madea

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