There is some kind of beauty and simplicity about experiencing a one-time conversation with a complete stranger. Isn't it strange that sometimes we could have the best conversations with a perfect stranger. I am talking about having a great conversation a stranger that has some kind of life-altering exchange of words that we appreciate and keep thinking about afterward.
It could happen to anyone, for example, while missing a flight and you have to sit there for hours at an airport and find a companion. It could also happen at the bus stop or while waiting in line for the elevator or at the grocery store, parking lot and many other places. We can make someone’s day by showing we care just by saying hello, and these gestures become meaningful interactions that can have a positive ripple effect on society.
It could turn out to be a deep conversation with someone you didn't know and it touches your heart. The length doesn't matter, it could be that in a matter of minutes or hours that we become very acquainted with someone. At the end of this great conversation, the two never see each other again and you both part ways without an exchange of names, but what you have left is a feeling of a connectedness by some common ground.
We all have mini public sessions of getting to know one another. With that said, it is our ability to communicate with someone and learn something from each other in exchanging ideas that make us social animals. A great conversation with a stranger could be easy because when we begin dialoguing with a stranger we feel less free of judgments then we would have with people that already know us.The exchange of words with someone with a very different life and share their experience teaches us something about them and creates a sense of connectedness with humanity.
We are social animals, and we live to be surrounded by others even those who consider themselves a recluse or introvert, need some human interaction. It reminds us that we live and grow through experiencing the world first hand and not through social media, by phone, but rather from these non-reproducible face to face interactions. We fall back on the art of conversating with someone face to face that all the technology in the world cannot ever replace.
