I’m increasingly convinced it’s much easier (and happier) to assume strangers are friends you haven’t met yet, than to assume strangers will remain strangers.
Amanda Natividadtwitter.comI’m increasingly convinced it’s much easier (and happier) to assume strangers are friends you haven’t met yet, than to assume strangers will remain strangers.
So, if talking to strangers seems daunting to you, it might help to think that by doing so, you could give someone the gift of being seen.
Gillian Sandstrom • Why you should talk to strangers | BPS
Remember, the rule of thumb is simple when making friends: be socially optimistic. Assume other people will like you and they probably will.
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I’ve long been fascinated by this idea that every person in my life was once a stranger to me. The people I consider my best friends were at one point people I hadn’t met before. When I was a child, I had not yet heard the names of the people I talk to every day—the people I invite over for dinner and send funny tweets to and cry to and say I Love... See more