“One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”

What I’m looking at is only a shell. What’s most important is invisible . . .

“But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.”

~ The Little Prince by Norton Juster

I neither have nor think I need many words to express my thoughts on these lines from The Little Prince that express one of de Saint-Exupéry’s central themes. The fox shared a priceless truth in the secret he told the little prince.

What happens when I bypass the external, when I close my eyes and begin to look and to see with my heart? Beauty happens. And I believe that I begin to honestly see myself with my own heart and in turn allow others to see me with their hearts. There is a mutual vulnerability in this seeing and being seen.