Me being me

Recently my school had a farewell party for us and it just hit me that this year I met so many new  people, spoke to a lot of them. And whenever you hear new stories, a part of it gets imbibed inside you isn't it? The fact that we humans are so distinct yet what connects us is our stories. In some or the other way we have become a part of each other's stories. It intrigues me how people always share the stories they've heard as if they loved it. How we catch onto a particular phrase said by someone or unknowingly imitate someone's body language. When we were kids, our parents often used to tell us to not talk with strangers but the fact is that our friends wouldn't have been our friends if we wouldn't have spoken with them or rather shared our stories with them. People often say that you have only 10 real friends with whom you should be close but I disagree can't we be friends with a 100 more people and be close with those 10?.   Coming to my la...