Friends, foes and those in between
Someone clever once said that people could be divided into two groups. Angels and balloon poppers. Angels are those who make you feel better. Those who make you strong. They are rare and wonderful people that you need to nurture to keep in your life.
The balloon poppers are those who do their best to crush your dreams. Those who drag you down. They live to make other people feel small and insignificant so they themselves can grow.
I would add a third group to that saying. Those who don’t give a damn about you, the in between people. In my world, that’s the biggest group. People who just ignore you. Those who turn their backs on you. They might talk to you when no one else is around, but as soon as someone else turns up they leave you.
I’ve already turned my back on the balloon poppers of this world long ago. Now it’s the in between people that have to go. They drain my energy and, in some ways, make me even more sad than the balloon poppers.
I might end up alone, but alone is a lot better than being sad. I still have a few angels in my life and I hope you know who you are. I’ll just wave goodbye to the in between people even though they probably won’t even know I’m gone. And it’s probably best to keep it that way.
