A man who cannot stop talking
Courage to be rejected
Yesterday morning, in my favorite cafe, as I was ready to enjoy "The Dream Machine," a man started talking incessantly. He attempted to strike up conversations with every customer waiting in line, and he was so loud that I couldn't comprehend any sentence in the book.
I was initially super annoyed; however, since I cannot read the book anyway, I decided to listen to his talk. He made conversation with EVERYONE.
“I love your jacket.”
“This is a nice glasses. Where do you get it?”
“What’s the logo on your shirt about?”
Some people started to have a conversation with him, while you could see some other people were visibly annoyed. But the man was not discouraged at all. He kept bla bla bla.
My annoyance had grown into curiosity. I showed him my bla bla bla drawing and asked him why he tried to talk to everyone. He said that he was a really shy person before and that he has been practicing. Interestingly, he was aware that some people were annoyed, but he said, “You can see some people resist. But people who give you bad responses are usually just having a bad day. For that person, I’m not talking to him, but almost like talking at him. But even if you are throwing random things at them, sometimes when one thing hits the right spot, you make a good connection with people.”
From this strange man, I learned that sometimes I cannot make conversations with people not because of my ability to talk, but my low willingness to do it. Finding common topics and looking charming is a cherry on top, but the will to try and the courage to continue even when you are already rejected doesn’t make everyone successful, but it makes everything possible.
Note: Inspired by "What I learned from 100 days of rejection," I might start a rejection experiment with my friend to practice the courage of being rejected. I need to practice how to reject people too, haha. My friend’s idea is so cute. One of her practice is: I go to circus and learn how to be a clown. can you watch my performance and tell me only criticism?
Let me know if you have more funny ideas.