Kurtis decided he would take action to solve his problem. He decided to hold a pancake party and invite his neighbours. Kurtis thought it might go wrong, but it was worth the risk; "I don't mind looking foolish, so I was like, I bet I could just put myself out there and maybe something would happen."
" I had this ridiculous, silly, simple idea; I could make my neighbourhood a better place AND make some new friends just by making pancakes in the front of my house for anyone who came by to hang out."
Kurtis says, "Everyone in my life thought I was insane. It's a pretty vulnerable feeling to do something that outlandish in public."
"Even if you don't like to eat pancakes, you just like the idea of them. Being around pancakes feels good even if you don't like eating them yourself. Also, if you someone making pancakes for strangers, you'd probably think that person is nice."
Kurtis put flyers up around his neighbourhood; "My wife says I need to make friends. So I'm making pancakes. Come by and say hi and have some pancakes with me."
Kurtis says he thought no one would turn up, but on 100 people came! He did another date three weeks later and 300 people came!
Kurtis later said that although the pancakes were a great success, he thought people weren't really coning for the pancakes; they came for the feeling of togetherness. "It was really refreshing to see people smiling and enjoying themselves. We've got to celebrate each other as people a lot more."
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