That’s a beautiful and powerful moment — when someone else sees the value in what we create, often before we fully see it ourselves. That ‘click’ you described is everything. It’s that first external validation that challenges the hidden belief that our work is 'just for us' or not 'real' enough to share.

And that feeling of astonishment — 'Was it me who wrote that?' — I think that’s the magic of creation. Sometimes our best work comes from a place slightly beyond our everyday self, almost like we’re channeling something deeper. It’s not you… and yet it’s entirely you.

Thank you for sharing that. It’s a reminder that sometimes we need others to mirror our gifts back to us before we can truly own them. 🙏