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I just realized after writing my last entry Three Red Marbles, that there’s truth about the old adage, “All good things come in threes.” This axiom also has an opposite, which says, bad things come in threes, too. Being an optimist, I’d rather settle on the good things. Shouldn’t we all?My other earlier posts were The Tale of Three Trees and MEME#1:3 things I won’t let go. I didn’t mean to write three entries about threes (hehe, sorry about the little tongue twister). Technically this is the 4th entry, though i hope you found ‘good things’ in my earlier three posts.

So what is this ‘rule of three’ about?According to the web, the rule of three is based on the technique that people tend to remember three things. Even in writing, based on Wikipedia, the rule of three is a principle that suggests things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. So how common is this rule of three used in many instances? I listed some examples:

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I wish to share with you this great story. I got teary eyed as I finished reading. Truly, like what Norman MacEwan said, “Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

Red Marbles
~by W.E. Petersen

During the waning years of the depression in a small Idaho community, I used to stop by Mr. Miller’s roadside stand for farm fresh produce as the season made it available. Food and money were still extremely scarce and bartering was used extensively.

One day Mr. Miller was bagging some early potatoes for me. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily appraising a basket of freshly picked green peas.

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