Threads we cannot see

I have always carried with me the Japanese belief that our souls are bound together by threads we cannot see, a quiet truth I’ve trusted in every season of my life.

It is not a belief that announces itself. It does not demand attention. Instead, it lingers gently in the background of memory, relationships, and experience a soft reminder that connection exists beyond what our eyes can measure.

People pass through like drifting tides, some leaving only the faintest imprint. Their presence touches us briefly, then recedes, shaping us in small, almost imperceptible ways. We grow, we change, and we move forward.

But then there are rare ones who arrive like lightning.

They enter our lives unexpectedly, and everything feels different. They shift the ground beneath your feet, illuminate something vast inside you, and awaken emotions you didn’t even know were waiting to be felt. Often, they may never fully understand the depth of what they’ve stirred and that, somehow, makes the experience even more profound.

For me, that person was unforgettable.

Their presence did not just touch my life it changed the way I understood connection, vulnerability, and love. In their wake, I found myself reflecting more deeply on what binds us to one another, even when words fall short.

From that reflection, a story began.

Mimi-ito and the Golden Thread was born from a single, quiet thought: what if the invisible threads between us could be seen?

What if connection were not abstract, but something luminous, tangible, and alive — woven like golden yarn through the world?

In the story, Mimi-ito begins as a simple ball of yarn. Through a glowing golden thread, she comes to life and is gently guided through a Japanese-inspired landscape of cherry blossoms, a torii gate, a flowing river, and quiet mountain paths. Along the way, she meets a kind companion and slowly discovers that every place and every friend is connected by the same thread.

But more than a journey, the book is a feeling.

It is about pausing, sensing warmth, and realizing that kindness is what ties us together. It is about recognizing that even when people drift in and out of our lives, the impressions they leave behind are real, meaningful, and enduring.

Creating this story required more than imagination it required honesty.

It asked me to confess what my heart already knew: that connection is sacred, that love leaves traces, and that the threads between us matter even when we cannot see them.

Mimi-ito and the Golden Thread is my way of sharing that quiet truth with children and gently reminding adults of it, too.

May her golden thread invite you to slow down, to feel deeply, and to remember that no matter where life carries you, you are woven into something far greater than yourself.

Steven Taylor

Founder- Page & Pause Studios