Sunny this post reminded me of the article someone posted a while back where a patient wrote the newpaper to thank their T and it turns out it wasn't a one way relationship after all. The patient had also profoundly touched and impacted the T's life as well.

When I read your post I thought... how great it is that your T was able to meet that basic human need to "be important". What a great feeling? I'm glad you shared that, and I hope experience many more of those with him. Even if by some twist of fate, you don't-- you always have that session. What a great thing.

I guess the trick is to be more aware and cultivate these experiences with others too.