It’s rare when someone you’ve known for less than two hours suddenly clarifies a part of your soul you couldn’t quite describe on your own. This happens as infrequently as the full lunar eclipse that you woke up to see, but couldn’t because the city got in your way.
These moments are worth paying attention to. Like the first time you held your new puppy or told your boyfriend you were falling in love with him. Or when you gave away all your secrets and didn’t care who listened.
But this time is different. This time, there are no secrets. They’ve all been discovered by an unknowable known: this new person you’ve just met.
These moments are worth every time someone walked out of your life because they didn’t know how to define you. Or because they had defined you as something you weren’t, and never could be, for them.
But the heart knows this game. It’s been signed up for this gig before, has learned to simultaneously resist and welcome this change of pace: this moment when you realize that you are not alone and never were.
So when someone comes along who can awaken the portion of you that lies dormant—no matter how much you meditate or occupy your yoga mat—this is someone who, by no accident, deserves special attention.
How do you discover such a person?
Be this person for other people.