Oddly enough I had 2 very different people in the past month divulge their life story to me and it wasn’t even by my prompting. It just sort of happened. Don’t know if I was just the kind of person that they wanted to listen or they just needed to talk and I was there. Either way I really didn’t expect how willingly these people told me their stories. I am a reserved person and I’m not really good at telling my own story, so hearing others so easily divulge their life was fascinating to me.

One of these people I am slowly becoming friends with now and then the other I had met them the night before and then the next day it became very obvious how similar we were. Based on those similarities I think it was easy to talk to me and trust me because it was almost like talking to myself. The conversation was flowing in a way that I had only experienced with close friends and this interaction happened with a stranger. Granted I would not classify them as a stranger now after the talk we had, but it’s kind of up in the air if I’ll ever actually see this person again.

It’s kind of crazy how one of these people shared their life with me and just vanished and then the other I’m trying to form a friendship with. They both had such interesting lives and gave me perspectives that I am aware of, but am not directly familiar with. I’d like to talk to them often and see where their lives go. I obviously don’t want to divulge their lives to the internet, but I wanted to reflect on the interactions and their lives.

I am thankful they talked to me and I am grateful to have had such conversations with them.

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