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“I think all of us need to do a better job of seeing the humanity of people on the other side of the aisle. Because I think what happens in this country right now is: The left says to the right, “What do you know about pain, white straight man? My pain is real, as an L.G.B.T.Q. person.” And the right says to the left, “What do you know about pain, college-educated, cosmopolitan élite? My pain is real, in a post-industrial community ravaged by the opioid crisis.” And I know that, when I am upset, the worst thing that someone can say to me, even if it is said with the best of intentions, is “It’s not as bad as you think.” Any therapist will tell you that the first step to healing is to have your pain seen and validated. And I think all of us have to do a better job of recognizing that people don’t have to be right in our mind for what they’re facing to be wrong. And people don’t have to be right in our minds for us to try to right that wrong. That comes down to sort of a core recognition that every single person is more than just one thing about them. And every single person is more than even beliefs that might personally hurt many other people.”

Pain Humanity Politics Empathy Complexity Division Validation Polarization Feeling Seen

Author:Sarah McBride

“She sucked in a breath at that look, because it made her understand what it was to be a butterfly with a pin thrust through its heart, displayed in such a way so that no flaw or feature, no matter how ugly or beautiful, could ever be hidden from view.”

Humanity Beauty Weakness Vulnerable Flaws Ugliness Feeling Seen

Book:Little Deaths

Source: Little Deaths

“She sucked in a breath at that look, because it made her understand what it felt like to be a butterfly with a pin thrust through its heart, displayed in such a way so that no flaw or feature, no matter how ugly or beautiful, could ever be hidden from view.”

Humanity Beauty Weakness Vulnerable Vulnerability Flaws Feeling Seen

Book:Little Deaths

Source: Little Deaths

“I took in his face. He was neither White nor Native, something outside the two major circles who moved in that space. He was the first person I was sure had seen me as just a person during that whole trip.”

White Race Kindness Native Native American Indigenous Feeling Seen Basic Human Decency Broken Foot

Book:Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

Source: Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

“It doesn’t take much to come into your own; all it takes is someone’s gaze. It’s not totally accurate to say that I felt seen. It was more that: Beheld by her, I learned how to become myself. Her interest actualized me.”

Self Becoming Self Understanding Actualization Being Seen Becoming Yourself Feeling Seen

Book:Bliss Montage

Source: Bliss Montage

“For all his secrecy and fear of being seen, he was touched that we had observed him so closely, and with such love. He loved that we knew him. This is one reason people need to believe in God -- because we want someone to know us, truly, all the way through, even the worst of us.”

People Love Believe God Death Belief Relationships Friendship Observation Unconditional Love Unconditional Acceptance Being Seen Feeling Seen

Book:We Learn Nothing

Source: We Learn Nothing

“We remember the people who saw us when we couldn't really see ourselves.”

Being Seen Feeling Seen Seeing Others

Book:Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

Source: Your Turn: How to Be an Adult