Tanisha Taitt - Thought #10 - Strangers

It's Tanisha and Thought #10. Often I'll look at strangers and thin​k​ "Might we have been friends in a different life?"​ It fascinates me how the relationships that we hold dearest -- our siblings, colleagues, friends and mentors -- are all born of circumstance. Where did we live? What were our parents' economic situations? What schools did we go to? What jobs did we get? What contracts did we take or pass over? All of these things shape who ends up being in our sphere. And so when I'm in public sometimes and I get mad at a stranger, or irritated -- I stop and as​k myself: "Might we have been friends in a different life?"