How many times have this
happened with you?
You are in a conversation
with a member of your family or a friend and they start telling you one of their
experiences....
When someone uses this word
:”Stranger”, a kind of negative image surfaces in the mind of the listener.
There is a pre-conceived notion that strangers are bad, thug, psychopath,
serial killer, stalker, cons and what not! We thus forget the fact that even we
are stranger for lot of people in this world. They are just like us, a small
entity in this big universe.
My today’s discussion
would be about meeting strangers and why I like doing that.
As I have said that I
identify myself as an introvert, it is usually hard for me to break the ice and
start a conversation with a stranger. But I always like doing it. I have this
theory... that when you meet someone who has zero knowledge about your past,
you are like this fresh page in a notebook. Completely blank! You get a chance
to portray yourself like you want to do. No fear, no inhibition! You can use
any colour you want to paint yourself with.
Now when I told this idea
to one of my friend, she replied by saying,” Oh you mean disguising as someone
else “. This is quite a valid argument. You can also deceive the person sitting
in front of you or even you can be conned by the stranger, but let us look into
the brighter perspective of this idea.
Suppose you were a shy,
bullied or lonely person in your previous place, like school, college or even a
new job! So now you have this whole new opportunity to completely revamp your
life and lead it completely different from the previous one you were having.
Isn’t that great though? No extra baggage from the past and you get to start
afresh! And who helps you live this life? The very same strangers! In this
whole roller coaster ride, we meet some strangers who later become our life
partner, friend or BFFS! Thus it is always nice to meet strangers.
While I write this
article, I am pondering over the fact what adventure waits for me in this
completely new city. But for now let me begin the chapter of Pune 1.0.
So while I got teary eyed
while leaving Gandhinagar, I am trying to embrace Pune with the same zeal I embraced
the former city! Let’s see happens next!
