Stranger By Name

By definition, a stranger is someone that you don't know or that you are not familiar with. While that is true, hear my story out it might change the way you see strangers.

During my first year of college, there was this girl that I always used to see in the toilets. (Alone) The sad part is that throughout the whole year, I have never even tried to introduce myself and at least say Hi...because to me, she was a stranger. Recently I started having flashbacks...like maybe she had no one to talk to or she was bullied or she was going through rough time and whatever it was, I regret not doing anything because I might never see her again. Maybe she was in year 2 and left. Maybe she left college or her situation got worse. There are so many maybes and what ifs in my head right now.

I regret viewing her as a stranger because there's a million and one thought to pass by without one spoken word. And if you don't speak up you will never know what changes you're capable of making to other people's lives. You will also never know how badly someone is suffering until it's possibly too late.

What I've learnt is that we should live with an open heart towards strangers. You might think they are strangers. (Well of course since you don't know anything about them) but remember, you got a million and one things in common with the people you call strangers. I can go on forever with the mistakes that I've made, but what I am trying to say is that we're all HUMANS and regardless of anything, we should help each other when we are in need.