If you've ever felt as though nobody really sees you.
As though people see what you do,
What you give or the person you've learned to be.
But somehow miss the person underneath.
This meditation is for you.
For these few minutes,
You don't need to explain yourself to anyone.
You don't need to make yourself understood.
You can simply.
Be here.
Find a comfortable position.
Gently.
Close your eyes.
Take a slow breath in.
And.
.
.
Let it go.
Again?
Breathe in.
And slowly breathe out.
Allow your shoulders.
To soften.
Unclench your jaw.
Let your hands rest gently.
There's nothing.
You need to do right now.
Perhaps you've been holding more than anyone realizes.
Perhaps you've been showing up for other people.
Listening to their problems.
Remembering what matters to them.
Trying to understand their feelings.
While quietly wondering whether anyone thinks to do the same for you.
Or perhaps you've tried to explain how you feel.
Only to walk away feeling even less understood than before.
Whatever has brought you here.
You don't have to push those feelings away.
You don't have to tell yourself that other people have it worse.
You don't have to convince yourself that it shouldn't matter.
For now Let your experience be what it is.
Bring your attention gently back.
To yourself.
Notice.
Your breathing.
No,
Tis.
The weight of your body resting.
Where you are.
Feel the support beneath you Thank you.
Are here.
Even if someone hasn't noticed your sadness.
Even if someone has misunderstood your intentions.
Even if the words you've needed to hear have never been spoken.
You are still here.
And your experience is real.
You don't have to see yourself through someone else's eyes right now.
You don't have to prove that you're hurting.
You don't have to earn the right to feel what you feel.
Let yourself rest from the effort of being understood.
Just for these few moments.
And if it feels comfortable.
Gently place a hand over your heart.
Feel the warmth of your hand against your body You don't need to make yourself feel anything in particular.
Simply notice.
The contact.
Perhaps you can offer yourself these words quietly in your own mind.
I am here.
Even when others don't see me.
My feelings matter.
Even when others don't understand them.
I don't have to become someone else to deserve connection.
You are allowed to be a person with needs of your own.
A person who sometimes feels tired.
A person who wants to be listened to without having to ask repeatedly.
A person who wants to be known,
Not just needed.
But you don't have to solve the loneliness you may be feeling in this moment.
You don't have to work out who understands you,
Who doesn't,
Or what might happen next.
Just allow yourself this small space in which you are not required to give.
I'm missing.
And perhaps.
.
.
As you sit here.
You can begin to notice something.
You don't have to abandon yourself simply because someone else hasn't understood you.
You can stay with your own experience.
You can listen to what you feel.
You can take your own needs seriously.
And you can remain open to the possibility of being understood by people who are willing to know you more deeply.
You You don't need to find those people right now.
For now.
.
.
Simply allow yourself to exist without explanation.
Take a slow,
Gentle breath in.
And let it go Notice the room around you.
The surface supporting your body.
Quiet movement of your breath.
Begin to move your fingers and toes.
And when you're ready.
.
.
Gently.
Open your eyes As you return to your day.
Take this with you.
You don't have to be understood by everyone.
To be worthy of understanding.
You don't have to be seen by everyone to matter.
And you don't have to disappear from yourself.
While waiting for someone else to notice you.
You are here.
Let that be enough.
For this moment.
