Enlightening

Just before falling off to sleep last night, this passage in Jane Clayson Johnson's book stopped me in my tracks:

Author Ann Crittenden writes, "The more skillful the caregiver, the more invisible her efforts become. Ideally, the recipients themselves don't even notice that they are being cared for, other than to accept caring as part of the natural order of things....Like the work of a fine seamstress, the tiny stitches that build character and confidence are invisible to the eye."