PUBLISHER'S NOTE | Issue 58 | Sonder
Sonder is defined as that moment when you realize that everyone around you has an internal life as rich and as conflicted as yours – Seth Godin
Society has changed through the course of time. When communities were smaller, made up of neighbours and family members, they generally greeted each other and welcomed you into their shops and homes. People would look you right in the eye and have unbiased conversations. Today, this friendliness has morphed into a much quieter approach for most.
While society has changed and perhaps we are more in tuned with adversities from others, do you welcome people as you walk by them? Or is it head down and keep walking? Me – I’m a bit more optimistic and still believe that I should acknowledge people and say ‘Hi’. I will typically say hello to passers by and sometimes I receive a greeting in response, and sometimes I do not.
I often think “are they having a bad day” or “that’s not very nice, not to respond”. The reality is everyone has
