to be loved is to be known
So instead, my only option to be loved is to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known. To wear my heart on my digital sleeve, a proverbial sleeve that’s threads are made up of a sum of all of my writing, social media accounts, in-person interactions, and more, not just a curated feed of minimum viable story filled with dopamine-inducing 280... See more
Being Known is Being Loved
even in cases where we’re devoted to a person, and know a lot about them, it’s still possible to not see them. You can be loved by a person yet not be known by them.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
maybe because in a world where connection feels scarce, loneliness haunts us. the idea of complete surrender is seductive . and the narrative keeps replaying, because it’s gripping, painful, and undeniably human . it holds up fractured mirrors for us to see not just what love is, but what it can do when we forget to hold ourselves close too.