Meeting Someone New

Meeting people isn't about just walking up to them ans introducing yourself. Actually yes it is. We live in a society where we feel there is a bubble around us no one should cross unless it is okay with the other person. But how do you become friends if that bubble wasn't crossed in the first place? The thing about meeting people is that we all have something in common with every one and we don't always see it. We choose who we want to share our likes with and our dislikes. Some one once told me that we had to be strangers to be friends. What does that mean really? Well my interpretation is, we are strangers to each other and we become friends when we respect that. I love each and every one of my friends. Yet I also try not to cross boundaries. I don't want to loose their friendship over something so simple. It may not be a big deal to me, but it might be a big deal to them. I don't know if you follow me. See we know how we are personally, yet we also know what we are not. The same concept goes for our friends. We know how our friends are and how they are not. There will always be a time when we connect and disconnect.
When I met one of my friends I felt they were quite and anti- social. I poked them on purpose. He could have gotten annoyed and moved away as soon as it happened. I know it was childish, but I did it again. This time  he looked at me confused and a little annoyed. That's when I tried my best impression of the joker from the dark knight, "why so serious?" And that made both of us laugh.
I don't recommend you poke at a random stranger, but I do recommend asking a question to break the ice. If you genially want to get to know this person, then why not?
It can also be stressful when you have the media saying all the negative things going on in the world. The truth is, that we will never get to know a person completely 100% because they are always giving us a percentage of themselves. I know you think your friends will always try to give you their 100%, but how can they when they are trying to figure out who they are their whole life? even people who think they know themselves pretty well also find out something knew about themselves every once in a while. So when you consider talking to that burista, just ask them a question. Let the conversation flow and then you will see if you would like to stay in contact.