The Little Prince Part 3 - Enlightenment

 The Little Prince: How are we similar?

Today, I will talk about how I am similar to the Little Prince—that quiet traveler who sees the world differently and does not forget his heart even where others no longer seek it.

Sometimes I feel that I understood more as a child than I do now – not with my head, but with my soul. Just like the Little Prince. Back then, I felt more, explained less, and believed more in things that didn't need to be proven. As I read The Little Prince for the third time, I no longer ask myself what it means, but what it awakens in me.

It seems to me that I meet him anew each time. And each time I feel a little more that there is something of him in me.

I, too, often felt like I came from another planet. A little different, with eyes that searched deeper. With questions in my soul that no one always knew how to answer. And even though I knew how to be around people, I became most real in silence, in observation, and in wonder at small things. Just like him.

I, too, was the one who knew how to tame something—and was tamed. Who understood that bonds are what make something special. And that it matters when you arrive. That you have to get used to waiting at the same time. And to look forward to the mere fact of arriving.

I, too, often asked more questions than I answered. And when others looked at me as if I were too much, I quietly withdrew. But inside, I carried that flame: that the essence is invisible to the eye.

Sometimes I forget that I still live this way. That I don't look for myself on the surface, but in the depths. That I look for meaning in people, not in rules. And that I too sometimes walk from planet to planet—not literally, but through relationships, conversations, experiences—until I find home in my heart.

The Little Prince reminds me that nothing that was real disappears. And that love does not need proof, but presence. Repetition. Kindness. Time.

And if you ever feel like you don't belong anywhere, maybe you just haven't met your fox yet. Or maybe you already have – and now you're just teaching others how to love with their hearts, not their heads.

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Hugs,

Eva.