
True connection with another person goes beyond physical attraction or the impulse to satisfy an instant desire. Attraction is inevitable and undeniable: it's felt in the skin, in awkward silences, in that electric shock that erupts when two eyes meet and the world stops for a moment.
But real connection… that's another level. It happens when the other person's presence doesn't try to fill a void, but rather awakens something that already exists within us.
Attraction is a spark. Connection is fire.
There are encounters that aren't planned, that don't follow any manual, that simply happen. Those moments when two souls recognize each other before the mind can even comprehend what's occurring. Without expectations. Without masks. Without the obligation to impress. Just two people being themselves, without letting ego interfere, without trying to control the outcome.
And the incredible thing is that, when that happens, there's no noise, no anxiety, no urgency. There's only presence.
We are inevitably drawn to people who vibrate at the same frequency as us. Not because they are perfect, but because their energy feels familiar. As if they have been here before, even if it's the first time we've met them. They say nothing is a coincidence, that no encounter is accidental. Sometimes, the universe works like a silent clock, aligning coincidences so that certain paths cross at the precise moment.
Some people arrive like an earthquake, shaking everything. Others arrive like a gentle breeze and, without realizing it, transform our lives.
Every person who enters brings a message. Some show us what we desire. Others, what we deserve. Some teach us about love, and others, about letting go. Some stay for an entire chapter, and others appear only on a page, but even those brief encounters can mark a turning point.
Sometimes the lesson is sweet. Sometimes painful. But it is always necessary.
Because connecting with another person is also connecting with ourselves: seeing our reflection, confronting what we don't want to see, remembering what we are capable of feeling. No one arrives by chance. Every encounter, even if we don't understand it at the time, propels our evolution.
Perhaps therein lies the true magic: that while we believe we are finding another person, we are actually finding ourselves.
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Leonor Toledo
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