Be the Sunshine

I recently met someone that felt like sunshine. And around him, I felt like sunshine. Or to be more exact, I felt like a flower whose petals felt the warmth of the sun shining on them and spread themselves wide to absorb the light and to allow their own colors and intricate patterns to be seen.

To be seen. Isn’t that what we all want? And to see. To truly see into the heart of someone. To see them and know they see you, and for the warmth that creates to make you want to spread your arms and heart and smile wide so that no part of you is left in the dark. Even the crevices where the weird parts of you often remain unseen. The rough edges. The silly laugh. The wayward thoughts. The pictures you draw in your heart where you color outside the lines just because it feels right at the time.

Outside the lines. Each of you marching to the beat of your own drum while finding that your beats are shockingly in tune with each other. Marching and dancing and swinging in circles with the joy of life that you find in each other and that you’re now able to find in yourself.

Finding yourself through another. Isn’t it magical? When you somehow stumble into one of the rare birds in this great, wide universe that is somehow in direct alignment with your own energy. And when your energy and theirs is so in tune that it amplifies both. Energy². When that happens, you embody the best version of yourself. The truest version of yourself. The fullest version of yourself. With your arms and heart and smile and all of your petals open wide to the sunshine for the world to see.

And that, my friends, is the magic that the universe will sometimes, if we’re paying attention, bring right into our lives. I’m grateful for those moments and connections and reminders that if I truly want to be seen, I have to let myself be seen. If I want to see the light in others, sometimes I might need to shine my own light first.

Be the sunshine and let it remind you who you are. Remember who you are and then find the others.
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Many of you will read this and immediately think this is a romantic connection. It’s not. We’re in different places and different seasons of life, and that’s ok. There is sunshine to be found in all sorts of relationships around you, not just romantic partners. Don’t forget that