Take a Seat - Make a Friend?

Take a Seat - Make a Friend?

              While I was surfing on the internet, I came across with a video called Take a Seat - Make a Friend?. It was about a ball pool set up in the middle of a road and has a sign that said Take a Seat - Make a Friend? . Strangers went inside and became friends. That does seem kind of scripted, but the idea of this video is fascinating. They were just strangers. However when they were in the ball pool away from their own world and just talked, they found something in common. People who got something in common really build a connection between each other.

               Taking the idea seriously and reforming it, we could make friends more easily. Maybe we can take the idea to schools (of course, the ball pool is an option). On the first day of school, people tend to be really shy. It's hard to make friends when you are too shy to talk. Maybe in class, teacher can create activities that are similar to that video. New students will slowly feel comfortable and show their true self. Of course, you can't make friends with everyone else. There are people who are just not meant to be your friends.

               It is interesting to watch how people can connect so easily if they leave the real world behind. If it weren’t for this video, maybe they would just walk by each other. Maybe they will ignore each other or judge them by their appearance. In this society, especially in the city, people don't connect, not with their neighbor, and not with anyone! I know many people have 500 friends on Facebook, but in real life, do people really know these people well? Like this video, we need to do more face-to-face conversations.

This video warms my heart; I hope it warms yours too.