Let me begin by sending my shout out in the season of Christmas to the entire community management team and to every participant of this week's prompt compliments of the season. It was a dilemma for me which took more than two days for me to come to logical conclusion on which of the topics would I write on. Wow no matter how far the tunnel is certainly one must surely come out. On this note, I decided to pick the area of a stranger and the lesson deduced during my encounter that became remarkable till date.
A stranger is an individual who is unknown to someone in times of detailed information about such individual. It could be a male or female. I would like to also say that a stranger is a person or any individual that is not known based on the level of relationship and other vital factors or conditions. It could be a first time meeting or few moments meeting whichever one it might be. Let me quickly Share a story of a very good friend of mine that would really paint who a stranger is before I proceed with my personal experience. This guy has a barbing saloon where varied people come around to have their hair cut. It all happened a young man also came to cut his hair and thereafter stayed for a while.
The subsequent day the same guy came around, this time decided to ask the shop man would he like to take some noodles? He said yes and a plate was ordered. At least to the barber he has gotten a new friend. This stranger pressed in again the next time and still bought food for the saloon guy and told him his Nick name called Fryo. Amazingly this saloon guy believed this stranger without knowing his official name and other details. One faithful day, Fryo came to the barbing saloon and sat down for a while suddenly someone came with a motorcycle. Fryo says can I use your bike to go pick something in the town and returned in a moment? To clear the bike owner's doubt Fryo said ask the saloon guy nah he knows me. When they asked the saloon he said haba...I know this guy and he used to come around and sometimes buy noodles for me. Hmmm Fryo collected the motorcycle and couldn't returned for hours, days hmmm the bike owner brought police officer to arrest the barbing saloon guy. He started shouting ha... please nah....he was asked do you this guy that left with the bike? Hmmmm he said his name is Fryo that's all. He didn't know this guy and that's how he paid dearly for it. Don't be quick to take a stranger as a friend ensure that some deep level of relationship has been established with adequate information about an individual.
Let me quickly Share my experience and how that a stranger turned to a mentor for me. I was privileged to be part of participants and resource person in a convention where different calibre of people come around. For the very first time I met this chap , coincidentally we slept in the same room that fostered our relationship quickly. As we got talking generally with other occupants in the room, I was stirred in my heart to further discuss with him. I stepped out with boldness and had good interactive session with him which spurred me positively. I had to collect his phone number in order to keep the conversation going. I said in my heart what? This is a mentor.
Lessons
- Some times Destiny helpers are cloned as strangers it's left for you to unravel them to align to your vision.
- I learnt a lot from this guy but what stood out for me was his humility and mature way of handling things in the course of our stay.
- He was opened and broken for me simply because he didn't hide information from and also promised to keep me abreast with further opportunities as they are unveiled.
- For me this is a mentor because there are virtues I saw that worth learning from.
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