Looking is what the eyes do. Seeing is what the heart does.
We look at our phones, our roads, our families, our own faces in the mirror, hundreds of times a day. We see almost none of it. Looking is fast and automatic. Seeing is slow and chosen.
You can look at your child every morning for a year and never see that they have grown taller. You can look at your colleague every day and never see that they are struggling. You can look at your own life and never see how much has quietly bloomed.
The good news is that seeing can be learned. It begins with a decision: I will give this moment my full attention. Then another, and another.