I talked to my first stranger today. He had long black untamed hair along with a matching beard. A bit like one of the disciples of Jesus. After being at the gym for a while to take out my anger at the world, I saw someone who I thought was cool. I went over and said “hi” as he was walking on the treadmill. I gave him a compliment on the tattoos covering his arms and how many pullups he did earlier. He has been working as a personal trainer since 2023 and will be working at the new Crunch Fitness location in Bolingbrook when it opens next week. I was nervous at first and it took at least 20 minutes of thinking about it before I went up to him, but I’m very glad I did. Regret at not doing something hurts much more than a bad reaction from someone else.