I am because you see me. When your eyes look at me, I exist in a context in which I have never experienced myself before.
All your memories and knowledge look, see, experience my face. In your memories, I am part of you. Your experiences reveal more of who I am. Now, I see that you see me: that I am.
We heal each other – constantly. With every attention, every line, every reaction, or at any turn.
“I see you” is the most powerful medicine I know. Sometimes it is wordless, sometimes without touch, yet it changes everything.
Being seen releases loneliness, dissolves fear, and reminds us that we are in EVERYTHING. You occur in every life that is a witness that you are here. You’re found in every plant that processes what you breathe out. You carry the same iron in your blood as the planet in the realm of metals. You drink the same water that lay over the mountains as fog.
When a pair of eyes meets us, we remember who we are. In the depth of our eyes, we see what paths we have taken, what has happened to us, and how we have lived.
I experience myself because you see me.
There is nothing left to do.
Now you are here; now I am here.