I See You: A Journey of Connection and Understanding

Thank you Justine & Michael 💚

“Sonder” is the profound realisation that each person you meet is living their own life, with their own personal worries, pains, pleasures, ambitions - the same as you, in a sense, but also as intricate and as different as could be imagined.

It brings forth the idea that there are millions of stories happening all at once, around each other, oblivious and contained from one another. Sonder opens our eyes to what we can’t see - that there is so much more to each of us than meets the eye. It grants us the chance for connection with others in a way that truly allows us to feel and empathise. And when we begin to experience it and eventually live with it, we begin to see others the way we want to be seen.

Each whispered story, each silent sigh, becomes a melody that resonates within us, teaching us the symphony of human existence. It is then that we discover the beauty of our shared humanity, forging bonds of love that transcend the boundaries of time and space.

Filmed in New York, USA.

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Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth – that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.

Filming - by Michael Raimondo
Editing - by Justine du Toit
Sound mix - by Tamryn Breakey

The following music tracks are used in this film :
Feather - by Lovren (via Epidemic Sound)
Fractions of Light - by Rebecca Mardal, Hanna Lindgren (via Epidemic Sound)
Perpetual Stir - by Dear Gravity (via ArtList)
Pappa - by mee (via ArtList)
Gravity - by Abstract Aprils (via Audiio)
Palma - by Blurstem (via Audiiio)
The Crimson Tide - by Calm Shores (via Epidemic Sound)

A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Albanian - by Denis Skendaj
Arabic - by Frihat Oussama
Bengali - by Zeba Sajida Saraf
Bulgarian - by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) - by Shun-Ying Lu
Croatian - by Davor Bobanac
Czech - by Katarína Božek
Dutch - by Karla Greven
English - by Justine du Toit
French - by Amélie Macoin
German - by Tanja Pütz
Greek - by Vicky Polychroni
Indonesian - by Ary Nuansa
Italian - by Grazia Gironella
Korean - by Hotae Devin Noh
Macedonian - by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Polish - by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese - by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Romanian - by Anca Zaharia
Slovak - by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian - by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish - by Paty Aguirre
Ukrainian - by Sofia Bespalova
Vietnamese - by Thi Le

[flpsanches]

"there's no other way to connect with people than to be true"

[joer]

“I talk to people because they exist!”
WOW

[QueBee-]

I loved his thoughts. So beautiful. He gives clear, vivid descriptions. Words of life and positivity, vibrations. Very interesting.✨🌼🌞🕊🌞🌼✨ (☺️☺️☺️) 💗💗💗

[wildflowersforthesoul]

What a great reminder to get off our devices and say "how are you?" to the person beside you! As a society, our social anxiety from lack of face to face communication is a real issue in developing connection with each other. People are lonely.

[FRASERMCGREGOR]

Beautiful soul, spirit, words, feelings, ideas.I love the way he sees the World and how he navigates and experiences others. We all need to be seen, heard, and loved. Beautiful. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us all in this vast garden we all inhabit.

[marywangen]

Time is one of the greatest gifts you can give anyone.

[tamathagilbert]

💐🙏🏿💐
Blessings to him...
What a stunningly
kind and compassionate heart, keen and caring mind, and truly beautiful soul...🙏🏿💐

[shaunnagoldberry]

What a beautiful metaphor that all humanity is pulling the ship called "Love" to the shore. I pray it isn't too late. Because all creation desperately needs humans to anchor the boat upon our broken shores. May all beings be whole, healed, and happy.

[araboushi]

What a beautiful soul you are.. It makes my heart sing to know that people like you exist... That YOU exist... 💖

[jeffwhited]

Daniel is that rare person, through his openness and compassion, whom I would truly love to emulate. And I will. It will be difficult for me, but I will.

[barbararoyal]

It does not sound corny at all. Love is the greatest of all. Love heals. Thank you for sharing your heart🕊️

[rubywilliams]

A wise young man. To even take the time to acknowledge people is the greatest gift to give lOVE 💕

[Mookiethedog]

Wise and beautiful human being right there.

[juliahurford]

So special, is this.
One to watch again and again.
What is more important than love and friendship? Nothing.

[MarysKnoll]

It took me almost 70 years to understand: "I see you."

Thank you.

[goosebump]

Truly a beautiful soul, reminds me of Lao Tzu's saying "Heart that gives, gathers".

[caroldavis]

Oh my goodness...this is so beautiful. Thank you, Reflections of Life, for doing a huge part in making this a better world. May we all contribute to 'pulling it in'.

[AkA-swrl]

„In those moments I felt really lonely. And I didn’t want others to feel this way.“ Oh man. We all have the choice what to make out of a bad situation, how to respond. And this is one beautiful man, one beautiful soul. Brave, wise, wonderful choice he made. Love it.

[lindaness]

This is so beautiful. A mother of a daughter with bipolar, I experience the expressions of the humanness and the brokenness not only in my daughters soul, but my own. I liked how you expressed "maybe not in my lifetime"...there will a peace that indwells in us as people.

[ninazapalaENTP]

The garden analogy is perfect for me, since we are all part of a garden. The flowers in the garden, like us, have to rise up through the darkness, the dirt, to reach for the sun, our Divine spark within. As time passes, we grow, and grow, and soon we begin to blossom. Adding to the beautiful tapestry of a blooming flower garden. Another heart-opening video by Reflections of Life. Thank you and this gentlemen for your thought provoking words. 🙏