Yes, Things Do Come In Threes

Well, I asked the question and the universe threw me back an answer sooner than I anticipated. Yes, things do come in threes, even if it's not quite what I had expected. There was I worrying about someone else falling off their perch, and what happened was the death of a friendship.

Last summer, someone I know became very cranky and stroppy towards me. They raged and ranted but I managed to keep pretty calm and didn't react to what was happening, despite being baited. I figured that the person was having a really rotten time and that they were taking things out on me, because there wasn't anyone else to take it out on. A couple of months later, everything had calmed down and it was all sweetness and light again.

Here we are, at the same time of year, and yet again, they have gone really "funny" on me. Not funny ha-ha either. Now, you don't mind that sort of thing happening once - well, actually, I did mind, but let it go - but for it to happen again just isn't on. So, I think this is another sort of death - the end of an association. It's a sad thing as I know they are just angry and looking for ways to lash out, but inventing things as an excuse to pick fights isn't constructive. Keep on doing that and it's easy to turn into a toxic person.

So now I have another thing to mourn. I'm at a huge crossroads and I know that many things are changing and that there is a lot of upheaval in the short term. My life seems to go through major changes every seven years or so, and I'm at that point now. Perhaps it's time for people to fall away, things that have been close to me to recede into mere memory and new chapters to open. Whatever is happening, it isn't a comfortable process.