"Some people come in your life for a lifetime and some come for a
season. You have to know which one is which. I put everyone that
comes in my life in the category of a tree. Some people are like
leaves on a tree. The wind blows from the other way and they go to
the right. They are just unstable, you can't count on them for
nothing. All they ever do is take from that tree. What you need to
understand about a leaf is it has a season. It'll wither and die
and blow away. There ain't no need to be praying for a leaf to be
resurrected. When it's dead its' gone. Let it go. Some people are
like that. All the leaf ever does is cool you off every now and
then. That's the leaf people. They come to take. Then there are
people like a branch. You got to be careful with branch people.
They come in all different shapes and sizes. You never know how
strong they will be in your life. So my advice is to tip out on it
slowly. When you're going out on a limb, don't put too much weight
on it at once, because it can fall and leave you high and dry.
Sometimes, you have to wait for a branch to grow up before it can
hold all of the things you want to share with it. Finally, there
are people who are like the roots at the bottom of a tree. If you
find yourself two or three people in your entire lifetime that are
like the roots, then you are blessed. The roots don't care nothing
about being seen. All they're there to do is hold that tree up, to
make sure it stays in the air. It comes from the earth to give that
tree everything it needs. That's what relationships should be in
your life for the right reasons. If somebody wants to walk out of
your life, you've got to LET THEM GO. When you learn to love
yourself, you will end up giving standards to everybody around. If
they don' meet those standards, you have to let them go, because
they might be a leaf. " Entry taken from a book called, " Madea's
Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life." by Tyler Perry This
saying was very real for me and it is where I feel I am in life at
the moment! If you don`t stand for something, you will fall for
anything!
