I always find that the best conversations are the random ones with strangers. Just a few weeks ago, I was flying back to school from spring break.  I struck up a conversation with the lady in the seat next to me. As we sipped our drinks and began to chit-chat, the flight attendants brought us out our bowls of nuts. 

When we were done, she looked at me and said, “ I didn’t see you as a cashew girl.” Not having any idea what she was talking about, I raised my eyebrow in response. 

“I find it so interesting to see what everyone is going to pick, is it going to be the almonds or the cashews. Every person picks one or the other,” she replied. She was an almond girl, and I ate the cashews. In my head, the cashews have more salt, so they are therefore the best. 

Our almond vs. cashew debate turned into a philosophical conversation about politics and social issues, including her strong opinion that “how people don’t  raise children, especially boys, correctly.”  She left me with a strong piece of advice that I think will stick with me for a lifetime: raise your children to be gentlemen and ladies and they will always do just fine in this world.