Sonder: to realize that everybody on Earth is living a life as complicated, intense, and vibrantly unique as your own. It’s that feeling you get when you realize that you’re not IN traffic—you ARE traffic.
Visually, that word is is an iceberg: with what we see about other people above the waterline, while what’s really happening is submerged below.
Like so:
This should be required reading for all humans. Thank you. 💖