We shouldn't let it happen.

It often does good to cultivate contacts with strangers. There are billions of 'em in this world. But they all don't have to remain strangers. But first we have to venture out. And not wait for people to come to us. When I'm on a plane sitting next to a stranger, I almost always strike up a conversation. A meaningful one. Because I'm curious. I want to know something significant about that stranger. I want to feel I've left that plane with a real encounter with another human being. The sad fact of the matter is that sometimes our own parents and spouses and children and grandchildren and nieces and nephews and cousins remain strangers. We shouldn't let it happen. --Jim Broede