"The biggest window in the world is your mind,
and the capacity of your mind depends on
how much of your window is curtained
and how much is uncurtained."
Mehmet Murat ildan
While sharing space with a special 'sister of my heart', we were discussed how a Christmas stocking aught to be filled. We agreed that no one should have to submit a list and mundane toiletries would not be allowed. Only items that truly reflected a person's true nature would be ideal stuffings.
Later, revisiting this conversation, I realized we were wanting people to recognize who we were in the given moment. Associated gifts from our childhood or roles of wife or mother would be too limited. We wanted to be seen in our entirety, who we have stretched and grown to become. If someone truly saw us, they could craft items to nurture our hearts.
I then imagined our lovely selves as a house with many windows. If a person were peeking in the basement window, they would see something entirely different than if they were on a ladder peering through an upper window. A person must care enough to explore us through numerous openings. Putting curtains in our windows defeat this purpose.
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