"Life is like a box of chocolates -
you never know what you are going to get"
This quote from Forrest Gump might be a little cliche and overused by now, but it's so literally applicable to my experience today when one of my clients with intellectual disability gave me a box of Ferraro Roche, writing on the paper 'Happy Mothers' Day' when I asked her what it was for.
And she continued writing - "I like you. You is my friend", to which I wrote back "I like you too!" Guess what her response was? she laughed so happily and simply, and gave me a spontaneous (albeit bony :p) hug.
I can't begin to describe the subtle joy welling inside me, even as I type this. It's not so much about her affirming me, though that admittedly felt good. It's also not just that it signified the therapeutic bond we shared, as client-therapist, though that's also of great importance.
It was the simplicity and spontaneity of her words and gestures that struck a chord, resonating within me to reach a place that's kind of buried under layers of jaded-ness and disappointment.
Sometimes, love/care for someone doesn't have to be so complicated :)
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