The Gift of the Invisible Child
By Wendy De Rosa
Confidence, self-assurance, courage, and trust are all qualities that develop in an individual early in life with proper nurturing and attention. A child’s physical and material needs may be met by his/her parents, but if the child’s emotional needs are not attended to, they may feel not “seen”, therefore invisible. The invisible child is a label describing a youth who’s being and true gifts are not seen, acknowledged or loved. Another way of saying this is: being ignored, under-nurtured and deprived of encouragement. Over time, the invisible child compensates by not making needs known, or not being a “bother” to others, or rebels for attention later in life. The invisible child also learns to not stand up for himself/herself and hide instead of taking the spotlight.
This may be seen as weakness, however, there is a powerful side to the invisible child. He/She develops a rich inner life. The child may self-sooth by being in introspection and the introverted world becomes more developed than extroverted experience of life. In a rich inner life, intuition comes more easily. The invisible child becomes familiar with the internal voice. He/She learns to live in that inner world and be still enough to quiet the mind so that the inner voice becomes louder. The invisible child who understands this gift is no longer invisible when they let their wisdom be seen or heard. Their wisdom comes from a Divine connection that has been cultivated through years of inner contemplation. The power comes when the person accepts that his/her inner world, intuition, sensitivity, and introspection are actually gifts. At that point, he/she chooses to find power in the gift of having been ignored.
Within that inner world there are emotions. Perhaps there is sadness or loneliness for not having connection from the outer world during those younger years. Yet, we are souls living in bodies and here to evolve and grow. That means we choose to be in our power or in our weakness. If you feel a resonance in your heart that you were one of these invisible children, and you feel angry or sad for not getting your needs met, feel those feelings. Then, turn to the power that developed in your inner world. This is your intuition and your wisdom. No one is stopping you from expressing your wisdom but you now. As a spiritually progressing human being you have the power to choose how you want to live, even if your life experiences have been difficult. The invisible child shines later in life because the years spent in incubation were actually preserving the gifts that were always going to be seen….just within time.
