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two-way glass.

do you know that you exist behind a two-way glass? that when people interact with you, it’s themselves they see and speak into? that your existence can reflect others back to themselves? i think you already knew.

i think you could begin to see the difference between the ones that like what they see and the ones that don’t. it would be easy to assume they’ve been responding to what they see in you. but that’s not often the case.

have you ever noticed people start to sound like they’re just talking to themselves about themselves? even if you haven’t left? that what they’re saying doesn’t really have anything to do with you anymore? it’s ok. it’s not anything you can really control.

that you show them something about themselves, an internal framework or perception or value system. that’s what they see and feel. you give them a view of the self, reflected. you get to witness how they see themselves (not how they see you) from behind this two-way mirror. even if you’re standing right there, in plain sight, concealing nothing, you’re protected by the glass.

ask yourself, “are they seeing me? or are they seeing themselves reflected?” the answer is sometimes lonely, sometimes not. you don’t have to be for everyone. but sometimes, without warning, the glass comes down. you find yourself there, with a person who sees you. and you see them, too. the interaction reveals itself as a shared frame, a shared reality. this is what a miracle feels like. when the mirror dissolves, you’re just two people. not talking past one another. not a pair of reflections. not a monologue in pantomime. it’s sacred. and it’s real.