I feel like an undercover agent looking for what is good and interesting in everyone I meet. That’s melting my shyness and making it easier for me to connect with people. And the fun part is that people have no idea that’s what I’m doing as I strike up a conversation with them!
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Twenty-four hours after arriving in Paris, I sat at a tiny table at the Café de Flore on the Left Bank and shyly ordered my brunch in French. While waiting to see how closely my food would match the meal I hoped I had ordered, I overhead the young Japanese couple at the table to my left struggling to communicate with their waiter. I offered to help, not realizing that within minutes we would all be near tears.
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