Talking to Strangers

I’ve taken a well-needed break from blogging and on my time off I realized a very important thing, talking to strangers can be good. I know it sounds weird because all we ever hear is don’t talk to strangers, which I am not negating, because we should be cautious about who we talk to and about what. However, having appropriate and quality conversations with people different from us is good for us.

Speak to everyone. Though you can, this doesn’t mean you have to engage in a deep and in-depth conversation when you first interact with someone new (Unless that’s where the conversation leads) but, greeting people and just getting to know them someone outside of your normal day-to-day is a good place to begin. When we speak and engage with people we allow ourselves to experience someone else and get a new perspective on almost anything. We begin to broaden ourselves when we have conversations with people who don‘t share our same qualities in appearance, tone of voice, and mindset.

This is not to say to force a conversation with people, because if we’re being honest sometimes we just don’t connect with everyone we meet. You may meet one person who it feels so easy to talk to them about major and minor things. Whereas with another person it may feel like pulling teeth and when this happen slowly begin to wrap the conversation up instead of forcing a connection. I like to say that both of these interactions are wins because you made the decision to connect with someone and found something new about yourself and that person. It doesn’t hurt to speak to someone and just say hello it may change their day, more than you know. Trust me, I know if you are not used to doing this it may feel weird, uncomfortable, or maybe even nerve-wracking but it’ll be worth it. I know I make it seem as though talking to people is magical and life-altering but in small ways it is, you have impacted someone’s stories just by a simple greeting or compliment, that has to count for some kind of greatness.

We are on this planet together for a reason, we need one another despite what we see on social media and through our social connections. In today's world we live in, it is publicized that it's okay to not get to know someone or to speak with new people but it is okay. As I mentioned earlier when you speak with someone out of your normal circle, your expanding yourself, though in some cases not talking to strangers is okay. I mean you may not become BFFs with this person or get married to this person, though it’s possible, you are developing your Network and we all know, it’s not about your Net Worth but your Network.

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It’s not about what you know, but who you know!

Think about this. Every single person in your life was once a stranger to you - Malavika Varadan