Dave

I had a dream last night that one of my new friends turned out to be a friend of someone that stopped being friends with me long ago.  The friend from long ago was a good friend who terminated our friendship for reasons still not clear to me.  He moved out to a farm and is living a very Zen life.  I always supported him and completely understood why he was doing what he was doing.  A lot of people turned their backs on him but I never did.  He stopped being friends after I had my kid because we were living "very different lives now".  I still to this day, 5 years later, do not understand what that means.  I never said anything about his lifestyle.  In fact, I admired that he could give up on the comforts that we all take for granted to pursue a more authentic life for himself.  Every once in a while he shows up in my dreams.  The two I can remember are as follows:

Dream 1-I am shopping at a thrift store near the place where I last saw him with my 6 year old son (my son was 1 at the time).  He walks over to me and tries to start talking to me.  I look at him with a straight face and say, "I'm sorry but you don't know me" and I walk away.

Dream 2-Last night I dreamed that my new friend had spoken to my old friend and my old friend was asking how I was doing.  He inquired about my life, my son, my husband, and was surprised to hear that I was loving my life.  He wanted to know if he could contact me but I woke up before I resolved any of it.

Obviously I have a lot of sitting to do with the cause behind the dissolution of this relationship.  I don't understand how someone I loved so much and considered a good friend could just turn his back on me without a clear reason.  I honestly know of nothing I did to him that could have caused this.  I wonder why this is coming up now?