From my chair to yours, I see you. That sentence is the handshake of this whole house. I write it because being witnessed is sometimes the first mercy a loud mind will accept.
You do not have to earn the seat. You do not have to arrive with a plan. You can sit. You can let the light come through the small window two hands can make.
Why “I see you” is a practice, not a caption
Seeing someone is slower than fixing them. It is a second chair pulled close. It is not a lecture. If you came here looking for comfort quotes that still feel like a person, this is the one I keep on the table.
Say it to yourself if no one is in the room. Say it to a friend who canceled plans and feels ashamed. Say it when the river is quiet and your thoughts are not.
You are not alone
Loneliness and worry like to travel together. A card will not replace a person. It can hold the chair open until a person arrives. That is enough work for a piece of paper.
My Chair To Yours — mychairtoyours.com — Keri Lyn Turner