Perhaps You Are the Answer Someone Has Not Yet Met

Perhaps there is nothing in a person’s life that can rescue them from the feeling of emptiness as much as knowing they are understood by someone. While feelings like love and trust grow over time, understanding and being understood can happen in a first glance, in a first conversation, in a first reaction.

When we are alone, when we fall silent, when we feel helpless, we may retreat into the shelter within us that feels safe, or into the dark alleys of our soul. In such moments, all we may need is someone to whom we can tell what is inside us, or simply to know that we are understood.

Sometimes the person we are waiting for is not somewhere outside. They are born within us. There are moments when we understand ourselves, when we touch something within ourselves. But learning to make oneself understandable to oneself can sometimes be a long journey.

Sometimes we ourselves come to a halt in the flow of a story. You are the one who is longed for, the one expected to understand. Do not take this on as a burden, thinking, “This is always expected of me, I always have to be the understanding one.”

But sometimes, in an unexpected moment, in a way we never saw coming, someone appears before us. They become a voice, a breath, right beside us. They become an answer to the questions we never asked, touch the feelings we cannot put into words, or simply remain silent with us. When words fall short, they stand beside us with their presence.

When you grow weary of your loneliness, do not be unfair to yourself.

Perhaps you are the answer someone has not yet met.