When two things have come together so harmoniously, you simply cannot imagine how they were ever apart. This is cacio (cheese) e (and) pepe (pepper). Cheese never needed pepper, and pepper never needed cheese. They were perfectly fine on their own, living their best lives and enhancing the lives of others. Then they met...and the rest was history. What makes cacio e pepe a cosmic union was the reverence they each held for themselves transformed into something grander. You are being invited into a genuine bond. Perhaps this is between two parts of yourself, or perhaps it's between a part of you and someone or something else. True love is only possible when it starts from within. Knowing that, what do you need to feed yourself? Is it time alone? Acknowledgement about an aspect within yourself? A homemade bowl of pasta... maybe with extra parm? Cacio e pepe teaches us: the alchemy of union arrives after first accepting yourself exactly as you are and allowing yourself to be fed. Only then can you invite others to the table.