Being understood

I feel as if I'm made to understand but not to be understood.

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” - George Orwell, 1984 #quotes #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #GeorgeOrwell

Being understood fosters a different kind of intimacy that is untouchable. The rarest, most profound kind of connection you are going to experience will not be with the person who instantly gratifies you, but rather, with the kind of human being who sees you clearly. Ask yourself who makes you feel the most you? Who sees you in ways you don't see yourself? Who pours calm and ease into the heart of you? Those people who came to mind are rare and beautiful gifts. Never take them for granted.

We all long to be seen, heard, and understood. But most of the time, I experience the opposite — invalidated.

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