Lael Johnson
@beadgold
Retired cat lady and life coach. Also a Jesus believer,/follower, creative, loves Japanese culture, Celtic music, Pinterest person and clean humor, plus other stuff.
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- “It used to be that people were born as part of a community, and had to find their place as individuals. Now people are born as individuals, and have to find their community.”
from A Sense of Belonging by Shripriya Mahesh
- “Once upon a time people were born into communities and had to find their individuality. Today people are born individuals and have to find their communities.”
from The Post-Individual
“Familiarity is crucially the maintaining of weak ties, or else the maintaining of strong ties in weak ways. Some things can only be made strong by binding one thousand tiny threads. So the problem isn’t that friends must hang out more, the problem is that they haven’t seen each other in forever (without hanging out). What creates strong friendship
... See more- You need some shared philosophy of what constitutes a meaningful life to sustain friendship over time. Why live here? Why work in this industry? What are we afraid of? What are we hopeful about? Do you know me, see me? Will you tell me when I’m wrong?
I would encapsulate this even more simply by saying: intense people crave understanding, because they probably lacked it their whole life. Their environment always left them feeling like they were ‘too much’. No one could relate to the potency of their drive. But when intense people congregate, they finally feel understood , like they belong
... See morefrom Intensity by Isabel
Belonging : Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us . Because this yearning is so primal , we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval , which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging , but often barriers to it . Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic , imperfe
... See more- Culture emerges from the connections between people, and I believe these are always strongest in person. Face-to-face cultural engagement is necessarily participatory, online cultural engagement rarely is. Nearly all of my most fulfilling and exciting experiences, those that have made me feel part of a community or moment, have happened in person. ... See more
from Q̾u̾i̾c̾k̾ ̾F̾i̾r̾e̾: Creation Anxiety by MØRNING
Rituals are symbolic acts. They represent, and pass on, the values and orders on which a community is based. They bring forth a community without communication; today, however, communication without community prevails.
from The Disappearance of Rituals by Daniel Steuer