Witness, Not Maker

In the quiet spaces between words

rests the true weight of wisdom—

not in grand gestures or staged kindness,

but in the subtle art of seeing.

To make others feel like "somebody"

is first to understand:

they already are.

It is not our making, but our witnessing.

And here blooms the irony:

in striving to "be somebody" who lifts others,

we risk becoming saviors

when we were meant to be mirrors—

reflecting back the light

already burning within each person.

The deeper truth emerges:

We do not make people feel like somebody.

We simply stop making them feel like nobody.

Our task is not to create, but to recognize.

Not to elevate, but to acknowledge.

Not to give worth, but to witness it.

The most profound act

lies not in making, but in seeing—

in the quiet nod that whispers:

"I see you were somebody

long before I arrived."