Even Introverts Need Crowds

remember that no matter how introverted you are, you still have the need for belonging, as all human beings do. What differs among people is how this need gets fulfilled. For example, if you are extremely introverted, your sense of belonging might be satisfied by being a part of your family alone.

I can’t imagine not being in a life group at this point. Human beings aren’t supposed to go through life as faces in a crowd. It’s like the song from  Cheers . Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.

Of the things that frighten us, the fear of being left out of the flow of human interaction is certainly one of the worst. There is no question that we are social animals; only in the company of other people do we feel complete. In many preliterate cultures solitude is thought to be so intolerable that a person makes a great effort never to be alon