John OdonohueOne of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen.
About This Quote
If we take a look at how much time we spend online in a week, we can see that in a day we spend less than 10 minutes looking in a mirror. Yet every single one of us wants to be seen. We want others to look at us and see how much we matter. This quote is a reminder that even though we spend so little time in front of a mirror, each of us is constantly talking to ourselves in the mirror.
We are always saying things about ourselves to other people. In fact, from our earliest days, when we learned to talk, we told the world how to see us. We told others what makes us tick by describing our looks and our personalities.
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