Please Talk To Strangers
My opinions were always extremely flexible
I did not realize I had them when I was young,
thinking my parents' opinions were my own.
My opinions were not revered or treasured,
because they did not seem important after
I started opening up my heart to others' opinions.
And of course they changed drastically
As I began to empathise with strangers.
People I had been warned about as a child
began enlightening me immediately.
The possibility that my opinion
is not always the best
and certainly never the
only opinion gave way to
an unknown but delightful world
of choice.
Talking to strangers became
one of my favorite ways to
change my opinions which I
believe must have always been
flexible in the first place.
Strangers became my best resources
to alternative thinking.
I have some opinions now
That would be hard to change
But not impossible
If the right stranger
Came along.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018
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