Holiday Love Challenge #27: Smile at a Stranger You’re Tempted to Judge
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Holiday Love Challenge #12: Give a Compliment to a Stranger
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The Guru of Caumsett: Simple Yet Profound Lessons from a Kind Stranger
“See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.” ~Dr. Wayne Dyer
It was about a month after my son was born that I was introduced to the man I have come to think of, only somewhat facetiously, as “The Guru of Caumsett.”
My husband and I were at the park with our newborn son when a man I’d never seen before began waving as he strode determinedly—despite a pronounced limp that caused him to drag, ever-so-slightly, one leg behind the other—past us.
“How are you doing?” my husband called, waving back while …
Unstrange a Stranger
“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend, or a meaningful day.” ~Dalai Lama
Some sociologists argue that weak ties, the type you form with colleagues and online friends, for example, are the bane of modern life.
Instead of having meaningful conversations that bring us closer to people, we spend much of our time networking with a vast sea of strangers. We keep many interactions peripheral, failing to form the type of intimacy that benefits us …
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