Will you be my Friend?
Everyday, we have more and more people feeling depressed and alone simply because they feel like they're invisible and no one is looking at them. Honestly, if there's a function I would love to organize, it is one where strangers would come together and be asked to vibe with one another, almost like a blind date kinda scenerio, but this time, in a way where it doesn't necessarily feel like a date.
Some few days ago, I was on tiktok watching a video from Leo skepi, and one of the clips I had seen was him (in something that looked like a concert) telling people that if they came alone, they should make sure to interact with a stranger and make atleast one friend, because people will be amazed how much their life could change just by meeting one person.
I couldn't agree more with what he said because it is the honest truth. There are millions of people out there, waiting and hoping to be friends with you if only you could walk up to them and just say hi. Unfortunately, the majority of people out there wouldn't do it and would prefer keeping to themselves, and this is why most of you have no one that you could call a friend.
It was because of this reason why we made sure to make a rule at my hostel where every Saturday, during every sanitation period, everyone is required to come sit outside with everyone else and just mingle, because we noticed that that is one of the few ways that we could get people to interact with one another, socialise and hopefully become friends.
If you ask me, we need more of these things to help people, because there are people suffering from severe loneliness, people whose only wish is to have a friend to talk to when they feel down. Most times, these are people who are so introverted that it almost feels like a medical problem. They want to socialise but they just don't know how to.
But sadly, no one really sees this as a real issue, so no one really cares about it, and the real people suffering from it just die in silence because there's no one to cry to, because they have no friends.
That's true, One person can bring many change in you even if you met with such a person for s short time. I can remember I met with one person in my school life for a month and in one month I learned many things from him and It brought many positive change in myself. Unfortunately, the personality of the person changed and almost turned into opposite when I met with him after several years. But I must accept that in my early age I changed many things because of his influence.
It's really powerful and mind blowing when you really think of it, the influence just one person can bring. It fascinates me.