You Belong: A Call for Connection

Our belonging to each other requires exploring what (and who) has disappeared (and why).

Often, when we feel upset about something it’s because we care about it: our anger and rage are signs of our deep concern and grief.

Can I honor those critics while also not buying into their bullshit?

Fear can appear in relatively harmless moments (like in front of an audience of nerds). We often experience fear in the form of ongoing worry or unease. Or it can come as a powerful wave of almost overwhelming emotion in response to challenging situations.

Vigilance is exhausting. And it is rooted in fear.

Over the years, I have come to see how the need to be right is connected to not belonging.

The less wrapped up we are in our patterns—reactively avoiding pain or acting out unconscious conditioning—the more available we are for whatever life presents.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Sometimes we will know the original source of our not belonging; often we will not. Our invitation and challenge is to spend time knowing ourselves. Often that means being willing to see what we don’t normally see.