Through A Child’s Eyes

Children see everything.
Even when they don’t understand what they’re seeing.
Especially then.

They track tone more than words.
They memorize patterns without ever consciously choosing them.
They learn to survive.

What they internalize isn’t always what happened.
It’s what made sense at the time.
It’s how they tried to keep love close—or at least get their survival needs met.

Through a child’s eyes, the impossible becomes normal.
Neglect becomes “I’m too much.”
Control becomes “I can’t be trusted.”
Abuse becomes “This is love.”
Silence becomes “It’s safer not to feel.”

And those early conclusions?
They don’t stay in childhood.
They become the blueprint.

The adult might not remember every detail.
But the body does.
The nervous system does.
The subconscious stays loyal to the rules that once kept it safe.

To heal, we don’t shame the child.
We listen.
We update the map.

Because through a child’s eyes, love was conditional.
And through the eyes of healing, we get to redefine what love really is.