The Road to Belonging Is Paved With Taste (and T-shirts)
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The Road to Belonging Is Paved With Taste (and T-shirts)
It’s a feeling of home, of “I can exhale here and be fully myself with no judgment or insecurity.” Belonging is about shared values and responsibility, and the desire to participate in making your community better. It’s about taking pride, showing up, and offering your unique gifts to others. You can’t belong if you only take.
Radha Agrawal • Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life
A Sense Of Connection - Having regular interaction with a distinct group of people with whom we share the same values. A Sense Of Belonging - Feeling seen, understood, accepted and celebrated for the many aspects that make us who we are.
Joe Lightfoot • A Collective Blooming: The Rise Of The Mutual Aid Community
One of the core needs of humans is a sense of belonging. For centuries, religion, our tribes, our communities, our families have given us that sense, but modern culture, catalyzed by the internet, has broken down a lot of these connective tissues. And so we look desperately for other places for belonging, places where we can participate in some way... See more
Sarah Tavel • The Era of Participatory Social
Belonging feels like you are seen and heard. You feel alive. You’ve been invited into any given group, and you know you can be honest with the people in it.