Through Someone Else's Eyes
Susan and me, in class. Photo by the amazing Lisa Parks, curiousgirl-lisa.blogspot.com
Photo by Lisa Parks, curiousgirl-lisa.blogspot.com
One thing that came up over and over again at Squam by the Sea was the importance of telling each other what we see in one another. So often our vision of ourselves can be distorted like a circus mirror by the past (think, The Ugly Duckling), by our own insecurities, blind spots or fears.
These were emotional conversations as we realized how hard it is to see ourselves with the same gentleness, compassion and love that others hold in their eyes when they come to rest on our faces. I think this is why I spend so much time looking at the photos taken of me--there's something in my own eyes that I'm trying to adjust, there's a way I'm training myself to see the way they do. To see that mysterious thing that's present through someone else's eyes.