Strangers

I'm back. The exams went OK. I'm glad they're over.

I've had a couple of rather strange conversations over the last couple of weeks, where I've got talking to strangers (once in a cafe and once at an alumni event) and at the end of a brief conversation the other person has said something like "call me if you need anything or if you want to talk about anything" and given me their business card. I've been a bit bemused by this - do these people really think I would call them in a week's time and say "Hey, remember me? Well, actually, I've been a bit stressed out with study and I just wanted to talk to someone about how scared I am about my exams..." I don't know - maybe I'm too untrusting. Maybe I look like I need help. Maybe they needed help and wanted someone to talk to. But the strangeness aside, it was good to feel I had noticed, listened, paid attention, connected in a way that was a little bit meaningful.