Braving the Wilderness
In order to become liberated, to become free, to truly belong, we must know ourselves. Why? Well any suffering, dis-ease, unhappiness, anxiety, or not belonging that we experience exists within us.
Sebene Selassie • You Belong: A Call for Connection
each of us is a member of a community, and that is where we belong. Feeling that one has one’s own place of refuge within the community, feeling that “it’s okay to be here,” and having a sense of belonging—these are basic human desires.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in, and belonging to, yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness. True belonging doesn’t require that you change who you are. It requires that you be who you are.
Maria Popova • Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work
Lately I’ve been looking closely at how fear of not belonging ties me to patterns of domination. When I feel unsure about myself or someone else, I can devolve into my patterns of “know-it-allness” (spell check initially corrected “allness” to “illness” . . . apt). When my know-it-all self shows up, I use my intellect to soothe my feelings of isola
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