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What does it mean?
Strangers are people with whom you share a potential connection that simply hasn’t been discovered yet.
In plain terms
People you don’t know could become family if you take the time to know them.
What can you take from it?
Approach new people with openness and curiosity.

Where it applies

  • meeting new people
  • social anxiety
  • community building

Putting it to work

  • initiate conversations with strangers
  • challenge assumptions about others

Questions to consider

  • Who are some strangers in your life that have become meaningful?
  • How does fear limit your view of strangers?

Another view

This view ignores that some people may not be safe or compatible.

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