No Strangers

One of my hopes for 2020 is that I will talk to someone I don’t know who might be new to the event or gathering I am attending.  It is so easy for me to talk to people I know, with whom I am familiar and at ease.  But the newcomer, who might feel like an outsider might just stand around or sit by themselves not quite knowing how to fit.  So I will try to be on the lookout for someone who is sitting alone in a gathering.  And I will introduce myself with no expectations of anything in return.  I am not so much trying to make a new acquaintance, but rather trying to get out of myself.  Welcome the uncertain newcomer.  If I get out of myself then no matter how the encounter goes, I am a better person for the effort.