From an evolutionary point of view, strangers mean danger. The Warning system go on high alert. The defense systems prepares for action. Strangers are a direct threat to the physical being, but also carry the risk of rejection and other insecurities.

The opposite can be true. The stranger can represent options and opportunities. Opportunities to learn, opportunities for help, opportunities to make new connections, opportunities to build bridges that everybody benefits from.

It depends on attitude. If you look for rejection and reasons for insecurities, you will find them. If you search for opportunities and people, who need you as much as you need them, you will find them.

Everybody is to a certain degree shy. Some of us more, others less. Everybody has this inherent instinct of reluctance. And it really needs a moment of generosity to overcome this reluctance. A moment of decision not to hide behind the fear but instead to confront the fears and take the first step. The profits will be enormous.

How many hidden treasures wait behind the doors that you pass until you reach your flat?
How many hidden treasures wait in the houses that you pass until you reach your house?